
Requiem for a Dream(2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.



Noel Clarke
Sam

Danny Dyer
Hayden

Adam Deacon
Jay

Scarlett Alice Johnson
Lexi

Shanika Warren-Markland
Kayla

Plan B
Dabs

Femi Oyeniran
Moony

Cornell John
Uncle Curtis

Jacob Anderson
Omen
Nathan Constance
Ike
Adulthood is a crime, drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of urban life, drug use. Directed by Noel Clarke, it stars Noel Clarke, Danny Dyer, Adam Deacon. After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
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