Spit-polished with Greengrassian artistic din, London to Brighton is kitchen-sink realism without soul.

With plenty of chutzpah, the young British film-maker Paul Andrew Williams has written and directed a cracking debut feature with enough clout to kick the door in.

The denouement is both surprising and morally complex.

Grabs you by the throat and never lets go.

Maybe the ending's a bit excessive, but it's hard to overstate the excitement of seeing fresh British talent break through with such energy.

British urban crime movie that is several cuts above the rest.

Williams emerges as a genuine talent to watch and it will be interesting to see what he does next.

After a promising start, the film becomes less about the experience of an archetypal runaway and more about exploiting terror for big-screen thrills.

A harrowing story straight from the headlines ... a gripping, engaging character-based drama.