Based on the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley, the narrative begins with D (Antwayne Eccleston), a young Jamaican living in 1970s Kingston, Jamaica whose life is sent into disarray after the murder of his older brother and DJ, Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). Ten years on, D (now played by Aml Ameen) is working for the larger-than-life character of drug lord King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Sent to Hackney, London to smuggle cocaine, D finds his brother's killer and narrows in on revenge, though violent local gangster Rico ...
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Based on the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley, the narrative begins with D (Antwayne Eccleston), a young Jamaican living in 1970s Kingston, Jamaica whose life is sent into disarray after the murder of his older brother and DJ, Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). Ten years on, D (now played by Aml Ameen) is working for the larger-than-life character of drug lord King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Sent to Hackney, London to smuggle cocaine, D finds his brother's killer and narrows in on revenge, though violent local gangster Rico (Stephen Graham) has other ideas. Directed by Idris Elba. Clare Perez-Izaguirre Lopez, Rovi
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