I had heard good things about this film, and I'm pleased to say that it more than lived up to my expectations. There is something about Wild Bill that lifts it above being just another British socio-realist drama. The soundtrack is fantastic with tracks by The Clash and Aaron Neville enhancing certain moments in the film. There is the Western influence with Bill, played by Charlie Creed-Miles, who gives a wonderfully understated performance, trying to do the right thing against the odds, and dishing out some righteous revenge to the gang of drug dealers that exploited his son. But there is one scene in particular, where Bill shows his youngest son how to make paper aeroplanes and they launch one out of the window of their tower block flat and the camera duly follows it as it gets blown around the London skyline, which is pure poetry. I certainly think that Dexter Fletcher will be a director to watch out for in the future, as he clearly has a love of film and surprisingly for a first time director has a grasp of what works visually. For the first time in a while, since Shane Meadows, I'm excited about the work of a British filmmaker and can't wait for his next film. He's certainly laid down a marker with Wild Bill.