Film review: The Kitchen hits all the beats of dystopian sci-fi with considerable verve and style

The Kitchen was written by Joe Murtagh and Daniel Kaluuya, with Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares directing

Jedaiah Bannerman stars in The Kitchen, Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut. Picture: Netflix

★★★★☆

Desperate to escape The Kitchen (15A), a dystopian London ghetto policed by drones and riot squads, Izi (Kano) reluctantly befriends the orphaned and homeless Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman), only for Benji to fall in with Staples (Hope Ikopku Jnr), a charismatic rebel around whom is coalescing an impoverished army of resistance.