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The Intent 2: The Come Up

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The Intent 2
Directed byFemi Oyeniran
Nicky "Slimting" Walker
StarringGhetts
Dylan Dufus
Shone Romulus
Nicky "Slimting" Walker
Femi Oyeniran
Ashley Chin
Popcaan
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Krept and Konan
Release date
  • 21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Patois
Budget$128,615
Box office$573,194

The Intent 2: The Come Up (also known as The Intent 2) is a 2018 British crime thriller film directed by, written by and starring Femi Oyeniran. It stars Ghetts in the lead role with Dylan Dufus and Ashley Chin reprising their role from the first film.[2][3] It is the prequel to The Intent.

Plot

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Jay (Ghetts) has big dreams, but his hopes are maimed by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about setting the grounds for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are progressing well until Beverley discovers his treachery, and an ill-fated burglary in North London and a trip to Jamaica rips the crew apart. Whilst their operations are being watched by an undercover Police officer Gunz (Dylan Duffus), who has been used to integrate himself into the crew.[4][5]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The film received a 2/5 from The Guardian who described the film as "a near-fatal combination of creative ADHD and directorial ego yanks us away from these strengths and back towards these films’ dunderheaded raison d’etre: giving posturing musicians-not-quite-turned-actors the chance to engage in generally indifferent gunplay."[6]

Proposed sequel

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In an interview, Femi stated that he'd like to do a third film as the original movie ended on a cliffhanger, he said that this one has to do well in the box office first.[7] On 25 January 2020, it was announced on The Intent's Instagram page that Scorcher will return as Hoods in the third film and Digga D will be joining the acting team.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "The Intent (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ "GRM Daily". GRM Daily. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "The Intent 2: The Come Up (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ "The Intent 2: The Come Up". Netflix. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ "The Intent 2: The Come Up [Blu-ray]: Amazon.co.uk: Ghetts, Ashley Chin, Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Nicky Slim Ting Walker: DVD & Blu-ray". Amazon.co.uk. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  6. ^ "The Intent 2: The Come up review – inner-city bad boys' Jamaican jaunt". TheGuardian.com. 21 September 2018.
  7. ^ Lowes, Adam (25 September 2018). "The Intent 2's Femi Oyeniran: "We just tried to push the boundaries..." – The HotCorn". Hotcorn.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  8. ^ "FAN STUDIOS on Instagram: "THE INTENT 3 PENDING 🎥🎥🎥"".
  9. ^ "FAN STUDIOS on Instagram: "Spoiler Alert x Nigeria x @burnaboygram @popcaanmusic @therealghetts @onlyscorch. CC: @nickyslimting 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 🇯🇲 #TheIntent3 #Naija #Jamaica #UK #theint3nt"".
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