The Estate

Upon watching this film I went in with not very high expectations after seeing some current reviews already posted on here. But I watches The Estate anyway in hopes of finding my own opinion.

Unfortunately, most of what has been mentioned is true; this film comes across as poorly written, bad camera-work, amateur acting and a disappointing storyline.

This film isn't for the faint of heart, it displays grittiness, a tough honesty about crime that is currently apparent in some areas of London. It includes some sometimes half naked ladies and the usually hard to understand language used by the young characters. Oh and don't forget swearing, the is an awful lot of swearing involved, mostly unnecessary but always present in many different forms of vulgar language.

The main reason for these issues are due to one problem; budget. Unfortunately the budget was very low for this film and it clearly shows as it comes across as an overall difficult film to watch, not only because of the grittiness of the film, but the quality of the camera-work and editing, or otherwise, lack of editing, hinder The Estate greatly.

Although this has all been said, the overall message for this film and the realism portrayed as best it can is of a great standard. Although the acting at times isn't of an amazing standard, the realism that the characters convey about the real-life situations these people are put in are accurate.

The overall message that Steven Drew is trying to put across through the film is clearly apparent, and it is a strong message of that. The side of gang crime he approaches is that of what happens behind the sometimes glamorised violence included in many crime films. It approaches the affected lives of those behind the scenes and the reach the effect of crime has.

Overall this film has a good intention to put across a good story and an important moral reality to what is currently happening in some rougher areas of London. Unfortunately this film is hindered by the lack of budget which would otherwise increase the overall quality of the film.

I would recommend watching this film for the verisimilitude and message it conveys, not for the production quality.

The film has more bad language than anything I have ever, EVER seen in my life. My brain was frazzled and my ears were ringing after the amount of F-Bombs dropped in only 89 minutes. (381 to be exact! With many other foul, vulgar expletives, including racist remarks) I've never watched a film were not 1 long, intelligent word was uttered. All the youngsters must have extremely limited vocabularies. Hard to believe that living and growing up in England all my life, that ALL young people cuss, swear, & curse EVERY SINGLE DAY like It's absolutely NOTHING. I heard if you swear in the USA that you can get in pretty deep trouble. I did walk into a shopping mall in Huddersfield and there was a censored sticker literally reading: "No effing & jeffing" Maybe they should be more strict & robust about bad language in this country. There is 1 plus I can take from this film. It's the most realistic British film I've ever seen barring "This Is England" & Gary Oldman's 1997 Movie/Film drama called "Nil By Mouth" There's no plot or story to this film @ all. The camera men were also seriously amateurs. Worst camera work ever. One last thing, give me some earplugs please.

I would recommend this film. But there are a lot of films I would recommend before watching this film that's for sure. It's not the worst film depending on your taste. But it's not the best film either. If you like hardcore violence and hardcore swearing then you may like this film. I watched this film in the early hours of the morning, had I of watched this film in the afternoon I probably wouldn't have liked it as much. When it's the early hours of the morning and you have literally nothing better to do, hardcore swearing and hardcore violence doesn't seem too bad. At least that's how it is for me.

The film has way too many characters I didn't even know who all them were until the end. There seems to be too much going on which can get very confusing. Every sentence has a swear word so if you don't like swearing I don't think it's for you. Whenever something goes on, there is violence, for some reason though the camera seems to zoom into this violence. Which really put me off the film.

If you want to watch something don't watch this film. It doesn't have a good plot. If you're bored and want to watch something not to serious, watch this film.

I would only watch the whole movie if I was paid a grand to undergo the pain. I can only review the first ten minutes...that's how long I lasted under extreme torture. Ten of the longest minutes of my life.

Please do not bother to waste your time or money on something so bad it should never have been made. Even if you are given it free with a payment for watching it, it will be the hardest work you will ever undertake. It makes Danny Dyer look like a thespian, it makes grandad's super 8 home movies look professional.

I hope the people who made this abomination go and get proper jobs that reflect their non existent talents. Please don't disgrace the DVD industry by attempting more of this rubbish.

I don't understand peeps negative comments, some of you have never been on an estate let alone walked through one, the portrayal is real.

This film might have not had a major budget but its shows gangs, drugs, corrupt police, and crime this is all relevant today and the film maker did a good job bringing it all to the surface,

I also like the way the film focuses on the people who live on the estate, Elderly people never really get represented in movies nowadays, so well done for focusing on what they experience on a day to day basis.

Good film!

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