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Gassed Up is a 2023 British film directed by George Amponsah in his feature film debut, and starring Stephen Odubola. It is co-written by Archie Maddocks with Taz Skylar, who also appears in the film. The film premiered at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival.




Premise


A member of a moped street-gang in London, Ash (Odubola) uses his earnings from petty thefts to support his family, but he struggles with the moral complexities of his actions when a jewellery heist alerts an Albanian crime family to his crew.




Cast


Stephen Odubola as Ash
Steve Toussaint as Roy
Mae Muller as Kelly
Harry Pinero as Self
Yung Filly as Self
Ms Banks as self
Taz Skylar as Dubz
Craige Middleburg as Roach
Jelena Gavrilovic as Shaz




Production


The film was greenlit by Amazon Prime Video in July 2022 to be produced by Rupert Preston and Ed Caffrey of Sunrise Films and Bart Ruspoli and Hester Ruoff of Ascendant Fox. The script was co-written by Archie Maddocks and Taz Skylar who also appears as an Albanian-born criminal. It is directed by George Amponsah. The term "gassed up"is slang for someone who has delusions of grandeur.




= Casting

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Stephen Odubola leads the cast. Singer and British Eurovision entrant Mae Muller was approached to work on music for the film and appears in the film in her debut acting role. The film also includes performances by YouTubers Harry Pinero, Yung Filly and Ms Banks.




Release


The film premiered on 10 October 2023 at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival.




Reception


Tom Davidson in the Evening Standard praised the performance of Odubola, and some of the action shots which use GoPro cameras attached to the gang's mopeds, but considered the film to use too many cliched tropes. Kevin Maher in The Times praised the "sharp" performances and the "deceptively smart" script, but described the film as "shakiest" when developing the Albanian gangster aspects of the plot and it "diverges from the earthy amphetamine-fuelled Ken Loach energy to something far more glossy and Tinseltown-lite".
The film won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2023 London Film Festival.




References






External links


Gassed Up at IMDb

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