Seeking the authenticity a location like Brixton deserves the director took to casting straight off the street and when it came to attempting to shoot Brixton Tube, the bordello of sin that is a daily obstacle for residents Parry had an even harder task ahead of him.

So he didn't bother, if he couldn't offer an honest view of his home town why would he but many feel he has caught the manic essence of the area known for drugs, drunks, riots and urban renewal. Set on one chaotic day in perhaps the riskiest location the capital can offer, the film follows a handful of very different characters and stories that collide viciously

The making of the film is a story unto itself and further drives curious audiences toward it and away from the fear that it will dress up a part of London that doesn't suit set designers.

Incredibly the UKP1.6m film has been entirely self distributed by a company set up by Allan Niblo and Fruit Salad Films. In an interview on FilmUnlimited Niblo was hopeful that this would set the film apart from shmock gangster fare like Lock Stock, 'I think producers and directors should be able to have more of an involvement with the audience they are trying to reach. I simply don't think existing distributors would know how to reach the right demographic for this film.'

Michael Wearing, former head of drama at the Beeb, and now head of Irish Screen which invested in Parry's film, is more blunt, 'We should be making films that reflect the country we live in rather than something that panders to a notion of what the international market will buy.'

Perhaps we finally have a true reflection of London for foreign audiences to drool over. The twee tea shops, the bowler hats and, of course the crack pipes on Colharbor Lane