Typically for those trapped within this sort of world, the goal is to get out of the situation but using the situation to do it but, unlike Jay Z, the story rarely sees the protagonists living to rich old lives married to the sexiest pop diva around. So it is with Sweet Sixteen, which sets us down in a Scottish world of poverty and crime where "opportunity" is having a good supply and a good spot to sell, while being seen as having "potential" means that you can sell without using the stash yourself. At times watching a Ken Loach film is a bit like being having your face pushing down into something unpleasant for two hours occasionally you get to come up and take a breath of fresh air but you are quickly pushed right back down again soon enough. ![]() However his opportunities for getting money to set them up is limited and he steals drugs from his step-father's stash and tries to deal them off as quick as possible to make the money he needs. ![]() With his mother due to be released in only a few months, Liam is determined to get her a new start along with him, his sister and her young son. His step-father and grandfather having him smuggling drugs in to his mother's prison for her to sell on, while his activities with friend pinball can only politely be described as "anti-social". ![]() Liam is a teenager surrounded by crime and poverty all around him.
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