Basic Info

Release: September 15, 2004

Runtime: 89 min

Rating: ⭐ 5.5/10 (30 votes)

Status: Released

Videos

Official Trailer (YouTube)

Ashley Walters and Clare Perkins on Bullet Boy's 20th anniversary | BFI Q&A (YouTube)

Official UK Trailer (YouTube)

Bullet Boy

2004 89 min ⭐ 5.5/10 30 votes

Overview

Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?