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In a drama about East London's most turbulent east, where a handsome young man fell in love with a girl. The relationship seems to have been shattered during a series of unrest in London, where the young man's life began to take another turn when he found himself torn and fragmented during social unrest and circumstances that looked different from the past.
August 4, 1986 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
20 March 1993, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
April 24, 2018
Jones gets some nice shots and shrewd moments.July 11, 2018
While sometimes slow, Obey provokes thought and stays compelling thanks to Marcus Rutherford's quiet magnetism.May 22, 2018
Obey is a compelling watch anchored by visceral, emotional performances by Rutherford and Miller, and a well-crafted script by Jones.October 31, 2018
It's an ambitious first film, with a lot to admire, but there is also the nagging feeling that despite wanting to present another perspective, Obey is sometimes guilty of trotting out clichés... That aside, it's a valiant debut.April 30, 2018
Writer/director Jamie Jones sets the story, location, urban scenes and tense relationships in a boiling pot brimming over with illicit drug use, binge drinking, petty crime and the wildness of youth.September 29, 2018
Gender, race and class are put under a microscope here. It is not a comfortable look.April 25, 2018
While he doesn't quite tackle a new subject for a first-time British film-maker, Jamie Jones delivers something different and for the most part absorbing in Obey, a drama set during the East London riots of 2011.