Truthfully, this typically isn't a film I would normally enjoy as much as I did. The writing was okay. The direction also okay and in some sense: it's your typical gang film yet at the same time, it's not.
I think the character Akilla sees himself in the mute boy. And, we get flashbacks to Akilla's childhood: a father who abused Akilla's mother physically (put her in a coma), and made his young son join his gang and attempted and at times succeeded in getting him to do awful things. Akilla was smart, though, and while there may have been an out for him as a child he still ended up in the gang life but with his soul (if no other better word) still somewhat intact.
I don't think this is a film for everybody. Not the typical gang film but it does have similar incidences of gang life. I enjoyed it, for the most part.
I think the character Akilla sees himself in the mute boy. And, we get flashbacks to Akilla's childhood: a father who abused Akilla's mother physically (put her in a coma), and made his young son join his gang and attempted and at times succeeded in getting him to do awful things. Akilla was smart, though, and while there may have been an out for him as a child he still ended up in the gang life but with his soul (if no other better word) still somewhat intact.
I don't think this is a film for everybody. Not the typical gang film but it does have similar incidences of gang life. I enjoyed it, for the most part.