FILM
THE KITCHEN
TWO MANY COOKS DON’T SPOIL THIS SOCIAL-REALIST SCI-FI BROTH
★★★
OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 15 / 107 MINS
Can’t stand the heat? Izi (Kane Robinson) and Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman) get out of The Kitchen.
Gang leader Staples
(Hope
Ikpoku Jr, centre)
Benji with pal Ruby (Teija Kabs).
DIRECTORS Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya
CAST Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, BackRoad Gee
PLOT In near-future London, Izi (Robinson) and Benji (Bannerman) look to leave their dilapidated London housing estate, known as ‘the Kitchen’.