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Britz (2 Discs)
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From BAFTA-winning writer & director, Peter Kosminsky, comes a gritty and unflinching contemporary thriller about a young brother and sister, both British-born and Muslim, both pulled in radically different directions by their conflicting personal experiences in post 9/11 Britain.

Riz Ahmed (The Road to Guantanamo) and Manjinder Virk (Bradford Riots) play brother and sister Sohail and Nasima.

Sohail is an ambitious law undergraduate who signs up with MI5 and, eager to play a part in protecting British security, begins an investigation into a terrorist cell. The enquiry soon leads him back to his community in Bradford where no one, not even his closest friends, are above suspicion. Unsure if he is being used by the establishment, he is soon forced to question where his loyalties really lie; with his family and friends or the country of his birth, Britain.

His sister Nasima is a medical student in Leeds who becomes increasingly alienated and angered by Britain's foreign and domestic policy after witnessing at first hand the relentless targeting of her Muslim neighbours and peers. When her best-friend falls foul of the Government's anti-terror legislation Nasima is soon forced to confront her liberal views and, disillusioned by the political process, embarks on a dangerous path that finally takes her to a terrorist training camp in North West Pakistan.

With action set in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, London and Leeds, the story is told in two parts with both feature-length episodes finally colliding in a gripping finale.

BRITZ is an extraordinary thriller that ultimately asks whether the laws we think are making us safer, are actually putting us in greater danger.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on Britz (2 Discs): 5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (4 reviews)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Britz

flashpacker | 04/04/2008 | See all flashpacker's reviews (6) »

Brilliant and most thought provoking. A must for every Briton. Make it an essential viewing for all. After viewing, we must ask some questions, however uncomfortable they may be.

Thank you everyone involved in making this film. After watching, I decided that I must have it in my collection, as it can be watched over and over again.

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars A brilliant compelling watch!

Nan2see | 26/11/2007 | See all Nan2see's reviews (1) »

This Drama is excellent, fast, thought provoking, unpredicatble, but harrowing, it really gives you insight.
It left me with this thought!
a) Either it should never of been made or
b) It should be compulsive viewing for all.
Watch it and judge for yourself.

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Excellent

LeeX12 | 21/11/2007 | See all LeeX12's reviews (1) »

Excellent story, superbly executed. Very thought provoking drama. Never too far a way from reality - scarily so maybe.

Technical Details

 

Preeya Kalidas, Riz Ahmed, Mary Stockley, Manjinder Virk, Zaid Munir, Sagar Radia, Arsher Ali, Jayson Whiteley & Jeff Peterson

Peter Kosminsky

15 years and over

2007

English

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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