British Made

BRITISH MADE is the first feature film by Godiva Films, written and directed by Simon Rickards, it follows Daniel (James Knapp), a young man released from prison for his involvement with a far-right nationalist group, as he attempts to rebuild his life and uncover the truth behind his troubled past leading to violent consequences. It's a pretty low budget affair and was marketed as a football hooligan type film which really undersells it, people going into this movie expecting another Danny Dyer type Football Factory movie will be very disappointed. The directors passion for social realism and drama really shines through, it is a grim and pretty depressing drama, and is indebted to British film-makers such as Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Shane Meadows, Lynne Ramsey and Danny Boyle, who all made very high quality films with low budgets. Written over a two-year period, with the director researching the subject intensively and always trying to base the script on real-life events, the film was selected for many film festivals around the world throughout 2019 and 2020 and won numerous awards. Screenings were held in London and it is available to stream on Amazon Prime video

Some decent acting and enough of a story to make it well worth watching but British Made still somehow falls short of being anything more than just a bit 'meh'.

An enjoyable enough film with a haunting soundtrack throughout and a nice twist to it with regards the long lost girlfriend From an unknown Director and actors it's a job well done on a low budget and it's hoped that there's more to come from the brooding lead.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, looked forward to watching it and wasn't disappointed. Great film and great story, well done to everybody involved, compelling storyline which was well acted out by all concerned.

Excellent film from a little known director / writer. Gritty, contemporary and realistic. A gruelling experience in the last 15 minutes. But wholly enjoyable and original.