Philip French 

Ghett’a Life – review

An aura of authenticity surrounds this gritty tale of a boxer fighting his way up from the mean streets of Kingston, Jamaica, writes Philip French
  
  

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Ghett'a Life: 'an authentic street-cred experience'. Photograph: PR

Like Boyz N the Hood, the title suggests we're in for an authentic street-cred experience, and the view this low-budget movie gives us of a violent Kingston, Jamaica, left by politicians and the police to be run by local gangsters, rings true. It is the framework for an otherwise commonplace story of a young man trying to fight his way out of poverty as a boxer and being impeded by criminals blackmailing him into throwing fights.

 

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