Idris Elba proposed to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre at a screening of the film in East London.
Feature film directorial debut of Idris Elba.
The start the film (and most of the Kingston parts) is set in 1973, at around 1hr10 D asks why his brother was killed 10 years ago. This means most of the film (all of the London parts) is set in 1983.