Kidulthood (2006) and Adulthood (2008)

Kidulthood is the story of one day in the life of a group of teenagers in contemporary London.
by teenagers, I mean conflictive youngsters confronted with a world of drugs, violence, sex, gangs, crime and whatnot.

Noel Clarke,who plays the "Sam" character in both movies, the writer of both movies is certainly one of the UK's most promising actors/writers/directors.
While he did not direct Kidulthood, he did go on to direct Adulthood

Adulthood takes place 6 years after the final events of Kidulthood.
The whole story line is also fitted on the timelapse of one day.

Both movies deserve to be watched back to back.

Kidulthood Trailer:


Adulthood trailer:

The Foot Fist Way (2006)

The Foot Fist Way is an amazing little comedy about a Tae Kwan Do instructor as interpreted by Danny R. McBride

Rated R by the MPAA, I suppose only because of the dialog and the child abuse (he's not always very kind to his students, although in a twisted way, he always treats them with some sort of personal set of morals)

This is a little of a nonsense movie.
Total Budget: 70.000 $

The Dialog is pure gold.
It's been written by Ben Best and Jody Hill, who since then have been managing to enjoy some sort of success, both as actors and writers.

Some extracts:

- Do you like Mr. Simmons? Is he nice? Is he talented? Is he good? Is he very good?
- He's one of the best instructors in town.
- He is? Can he break rock?
- Yes.
- He can? With his head?
- Yes.

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-That's why you're coming back to me, because you've realized how strong I am.
I mean, I know I may seem like I'm the strongest man that you've ever known before or ever met, but the fact of the matter is that I'm penetrable, you know?
I have a human heart that ticks under here and...

-I know. I'm so sorry. You make me feel safe.

-Who doesn't wanna feel safe, you know? But I got to feel safe, too.
And in order for that to happen...I could be the bigger man, but you're gonna have to be the smaller woman, to some extent.

Rescue Dawn (2006)

Rescue Dawn



the movie is from 2006, but got released to theaters in 2007.

it barely had any promotion

Yet, it's a fucking great movie.

Why it didn't get more recognition is beyond me.

I started watching the movie knowing NOTHING about it except for one fact.

the lead character was played by Christian Bale

He plays the role of Dieter Dangler, a US pilot, on a secret mission in Laos who gets intercepted, crashes, but survives.
The whole thing is a true story.
A story that blew my mind. especially the beginning of the movie, where right after the crash you follow him, in silence, as he moves through the Jungle, trying to escape enemy fire.
The whole thing with minimum special effects, very realistic. Documentary style, with a matte image (as opposed to glossy, nice production, lets make this look good thing).

I still don't understand why NO-ONE I know has ever heard of this movie.

What the fuck happened during promotion? seriously?
or am I completely wrong, is this a piece of garbage?
All I know is I loved it