Gone Too Far

The comedy-drama film Gone Too Far(2013, Directed by Destiny Ekaragha) is a British Nigerian movie, with a small budget of only £200,000, which is a very low budget for a movie. It stars OC Ukeje, Adelayo Adedayo, Shanika Warren-Markland and Malachi Kirby. The production of the film was made up of a range of people and companies; Cimematography was done by Stil Williams, editing by Anna Dick, production company was Poisson Rogue Pictures and distributed by FilmOne Distribution. 

Gone Too Far has a range of themes, such as masculinity, crime and family. Masculinity if defined as qualities or attributes which are regarded as characteristic men. Throughout the film masculinity was a frequent theme which carried the narrative and story. For example, the main character Yemi, which was played by Malachi Kirby, was a strong and independent character who is reflected by masculinity. Furthermore Yemi was represented like a tough and "cool" male, like most of the other male characters to show dominance. On the other hand,  Iku, who was played by OC Ukeje contrasts the masculinity stereotype to resemble the culture in Nigeria , which is seen as opposite in the UK from most of the characters prospective. 

Crime is a minor theme which scatters Gone Too Far. Violence and fighting was used to make the film more dramatic and exciting. Furthermore crime was effectively used as humour throughout the film. In one scene, the two brothers are stereotypically suspicious when entering a shop, which resembles theft, therefore the guard searches one of them to find a misplaced product. This is to humour the audience and move on the story with some conflict.

In conclusion, Gone Too Far is a comedy-drama with a low budget, which uses a range of stereotypical characters to illustrate a common day within that area and culture. The film uses crime as humour to keep the audience interested, additionally, conflict and violence is a theme to carry the narrative along.