Comparing Social Realism Films, Bullet Boy and This Is England

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British Social realism films are a realistic portrayal of what happens in Britain, and a British society. It shows racial and social injustice, discrimination, Economic hardship and everyday life struggles. It is usually based around the one character or a group of characters. I am comparing 2 British social-realism films, These two are Bullet boy and This is England. Bullet Boy was released in 2004, it is about a young man who was recently let out of prison, Rickey the main protagonist’s body language and attitude towards getting released shows he does not want to go back to ways things were before his imprisonment. Also Rickey has a friend however does not want around no more, but feels obliged to help him because he took a scar for him. This is England is about a poor boy who lives in 1980’s England, he has a fight at school and is sent home, on his way home he meets a ‘Skinhead gang’ they make him feel better, they become good friends over time, his father died, and in my opinion Shaun see’s the head male as a father figure. From the first 10 minutes alone I can see that both of these films are social realism films and, this is because they show a realistic portrayal of what happens in Britain, and a British society. It is not futuristic or action pact however you become attached to the characters even though it was only 10 minutes I felt that the two main protagonist had a troubled road ahead. Although alike because they are the same genre these two films are also different from each other, for starters they are set in different time periods and the two protagonist are different age groups Rickey is a late teenager/ young man and shaun is 12 year old. Also race, Rickey is a black male and shaun is a white male, with different races come different cultures which mean there can be different struggles because of two different ways of life. Also
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