Cartoon Violence is a short-film following the theme of knife crime, which shows a darker side of modern Britain. At first the film seems to be simply another film about knife crime, imitating the likes of Kidulthood and Bulletboy. However as the film develops this view is soon dismissed.
The film is made by an unknown director, James Hurley and with a cast of unknown actors makes the level of quality all the more surprising. Billy the main character is an innocent boy played by the young rising star Dominic McCoy, who is tormented by Jack (Joshua Pascal-Noel) the local “bad boy.” As the abuse continues for no reason Billy must choose if he should take a knife to defend himself and, the film explores the consequences of either taking the knife or not.
This is where Cartoon Violence distinguishes itself from the countless imitations of Kidulthood, and makes use of animation to get across the underlying message of the problems with youth culture and knife crime in modern Britain. But overall is an unmissable cinematic experience and a great contender for film of the festival.
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