Directed by:
Idris ElbaScreenplay:
Brock Norman BrockCinematography:
John ConroyComposer:
Dickon HinchliffeCast:
Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Akin Gazi, Fraser James, Naomi Ackie, Everaldo Creary, Shantol Jackson, Sheldon Shepherd, Mark Rhino Smith, Johann Myers (more)VOD (3)
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Set in '70s Kingston and '80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he's not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow "the righteous path", he encounters the man who shot his brother 10 years earlier, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution - a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico (Stephen Graham). (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Aml Ameen
UK
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Stephen Graham
UK
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Akin Gazi
UK
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Fraser James
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Naomi Ackie
UK
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Everaldo Creary
Best movies:
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Yardie (2018)
Shantol Jackson
Best movies:
Yardie (2018)
Sheldon Shepherd
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Yardie (2018)
Mark Rhino Smith
UK
Best movies:
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Johann Myers
Best movies:
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Small Axe (2020) (series)
Tolu Ogunmefun
Best movies:
Yardie (2018)