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Connor Swindells stars as Adam, a volatile and withdrawn British foster teen on the edge of self destruction, who finds his voice and self worth in the underground world of UK battle rap.
SYNOPSIS
Seventeen year old Adam Watson is aggressive, out of control, and down to his last chance. Growing up in the British foster care system, Adam’s behavioral issues have seen him bounced from one broken foster placement to the next. Relocated back to his birthplace of Southend on Sea, Adam is haunted by memories of his turbulent childhood. However, a chance encounter with feisty and charismatic local promoter Makayla Lewis on the seafront leads Adam to an illicit subculture thriving amongst the boarded up buildings: rap battling.
Trading hysterically witty verbal putdowns across ninety second rounds, Adam is mesmerized by the vibrancy and intelligence of the battlers. But trouble arrives in the form of Slaughter, the top local battler and Makayla’s paranoid ex boyfriend. Just as things are about to kick off, the rap crew are stunned as Adam knocks Slaughter off balance with his improvised rhymes. Invited to compete, Adam rises quickly through the ranks of the rap battle scene. With the audience soon hanging on his every lyric, Adam finally feels like he's found a home where he belongs.
But Adam is thrown back into emotional turmoil when he tracks down his birth mother Lisa, and she’s unable to provide the answers he so desperately craves. Withdrawing into the adulation of his fans, Adam loses sight of the honesty that made him popular in the first place, and becomes prepared to say anything to win, even if it means alienating the people he needs most. Friendless, alone, and facing the imminent prospect of being sent to a detention centre for troubled foster children, Adam must finally come to terms with the decisions that have led him to the moment.
Trading hysterically witty verbal putdowns across ninety second rounds, Adam is mesmerized by the vibrancy and intelligence of the battlers. But trouble arrives in the form of Slaughter, the top local battler and Makayla’s paranoid ex boyfriend. Just as things are about to kick off, the rap crew are stunned as Adam knocks Slaughter off balance with his improvised rhymes. Invited to compete, Adam rises quickly through the ranks of the rap battle scene. With the audience soon hanging on his every lyric, Adam finally feels like he's found a home where he belongs.
But Adam is thrown back into emotional turmoil when he tracks down his birth mother Lisa, and she’s unable to provide the answers he so desperately craves. Withdrawing into the adulation of his fans, Adam loses sight of the honesty that made him popular in the first place, and becomes prepared to say anything to win, even if it means alienating the people he needs most. Friendless, alone, and facing the imminent prospect of being sent to a detention centre for troubled foster children, Adam must finally come to terms with the decisions that have led him to the moment.
CAST
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Connor Swindells
Fola Evans Akingbola Adam Rooney |
Adam
Makayla Slaughter |
CREW
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Ed Lilly
Daniel Hayes Ed Lilly Bennett McGhee |
Director
Writer Writer Producer |
