Drama

County Lines

A powerful drama about a mother and her fourteen year old boy who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise, a 'County Line', which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain.

Release Date : 2020-12-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Two Birds EntertainmentLoupe Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tyler

Original Name : Conrad Khan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toni

Original Name : Ashley Madekwe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aliyah

Original Name : Tabitha Milne-Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simon

Original Name : Harris Dickinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sadiq

Original Name : Marcus Rutherford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laurence

Original Name : Anthony Adjekum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sophie

Original Name : Chizzy Akudolu

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deontay

Original Name : Ebenezer Gyau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Izzy Merlo

Original Name : Johanna Stanton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bex

Original Name : Carlyss Peer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Matthews

Original Name : Stephen Leask

Gender : Male

Character Name : Khalid

Original Name : Micah Loubon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conway

Original Name : Kashif Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bailey

Original Name : Clay Milner-Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nick

Original Name : Alfie Darling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Briony

Original Name : Shauna Shim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Chris Mamendyi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gabriel Normington

Original Name : Michael Oku

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve

Original Name : David Tarkenter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shop Assistant

Original Name : Matteo Piombino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Manager

Original Name : Claire Lacey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Money Shop Worker

Original Name : Antoinette Alexis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Chris Kyriacou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dole Officer

Original Name : Sean Berry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leona

Original Name : Fabiola Bonnot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toni's Colleague

Original Name : Mika Wingate

Gender : Female

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-07-20

If you're not in the know about drug trafficking parlance, then the title won't mean much - but that's not so important as we get to know "Tyler" (Conrad Khan). He lives with his drop-out mum "Toni" (Ashley Madekwe) and young sister. His school life is pretty torrid and despite efforts from the teachers and his mother to help, he remains introspective and prone to violence. Then he meets "Simon" (Harris Dickinson). He's a chavvy sort of guy, black Mercedes and plenty of cash to splash - and he doesn't overtly try to recruit the young "Tyler". He waits patiently for him to come to him - and that's when the spiral begins. He can make easy money by shipping narcotics from the city to the more rural punters where supply is more limited and more lucrative. What "Tyler" doesn't realise is, though, he's just a pawn in a game - and "Simon" is using loads of other lads like him to keep him in clover. It's the increasingly stark realisation that his choices are going to leave him battered, high and dry that gets us to a denouement that is predicable, but quite potent. Dickinson does quite well as the charmingly malevolent pusher with a big smile and a ruthless streak a mile wide, Madekwe also performs strongly as the mother who must get her act together to protect what is her's - but essentially this is a story about a young man with little hope and a hell of a lot of frustrations and Khan plays that role assuredly. At times the audio mix isn't the best and coupled with their dark and dingy flat can make the film a little difficult to follow at the start, but those same filming techniques also contribute to the general bleakness of the plot.