In an exciting dramatic story, the film begins with a young man who loves a girl from a different place. Perhaps this is one of the most difficult periods in London, as the whole of London slides into violent social unrest in East London properties. The young man's life began to change when he found himself torn between here and there.
While he doesn't quite tackle a new subject for a first-time British film-maker, Jamie Jones delivers something different and for the most part absorbing in Obey, a drama set during the East London riots of 2011.
Writer/director Jamie Jones sets the story, location, urban scenes and tense relationships in a boiling pot brimming over with illicit drug use, binge drinking, petty crime and the wildness of youth.
It's an ambitious first film, with a lot to admire, but there is also the nagging feeling that despite wanting to present another perspective, Obey is sometimes guilty of trotting out clichés... That aside, it's a valiant debut.
