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You're young, good looking, and full of dreams. Unfortunately, you also live in a crap new town in Essex, where the only work to be had involves shuffling meaningless paper, and the only source of fun is vertical drinking in the local concrete jungle. And then you accidentally pull the girlfriend of the local nutter... Wrapping a tall coming-of-age tale around a thoughtful theme of 21st-century urban alienation, New Town Original is a fun, no-budget, British movie that deserves a look.

Aside from the odd bloke you might reckon you've seen in The Bill, there aren't a lot of people you'll recognise in this flick - but if Elliott Jordan delivers on the promise shown here, he should change all that. As Mick, the aspirational lad-about-town wrangling between Prozac and purgatory, he brings bags of vulnerability and charm to a demanding lead role. There's also energetic support from Nathan Thomas as the best friend and the hugely likable Katharine Peachey as the femme fatale.

"CAPTURES DRABNESS AND DANGER"

The plot is simple but engaging, and it twists around just enough not to belie the title. Apart from framing the odd violent or comic set-piece, it serves mostly to show us around Mick's cramped and complicated world. Capturing the drabness and boredom of English town life whilst still injecting an odd sense of urgency, glamour and danger is no mean feat on any budget - on this kind of shoestring it is remarkable. Want to break free from your New Town life for a while? Give it a whirl.