在视听呈现上，导演有意摒弃了戏剧化的叙事手法。通过现代影像修复技术的运用，尘封的历史画面得以重新焕发光彩。全彩修复与画面重建技术让历史细节变得更加丰富立体，但技术的介入始终保持克制，整体色调偏向沉稳含蓄。影片对整体场面的表现极为节制，避免了血腥镜头的直接呈现。色彩的运用体现了审慎的美学追求，声音设计同样追求内敛平实的风格。AdultbrothersMarkandColinPollockstilllivewiththeirparentsFrankandMavisPollockinasmallapartmentintheprojectsofLondon'seastendinwhatisacollectivedepressedandunhappyexistence.Thethreemenofthehouseholdareallonthedole,eachdoinglittletofindgainfulemployment.Betweenthebrothers,Markisthesmartaleck,whocallshisparentsbytheirgivennamestoirkthem,andwhohangsoutwithabunchofhooligansashereferstohimselfandhisfriends,suchasaskinheadnamedCoxy.Althoughnevermedicallydiagnosedassuch,Colinisseeminglyemotionallyslow.ColinlikestohangoutwithMarkandhisfriendsinhiswanttobeaccepted,especiallyasMarktellshimthataneighborhoodgirlnamedHayleyisinterestedhim.ThefamilyrarelysocializeswithMavis'sisterandbrother-in-law,BarbaraandJohn,wholiveamiddletouppermiddleclassandseeminglyperfectexistenceinthesuburbsofChigwell.Althoughnottellingthemtotheirface,Johndislikeshisrelationsbymarriage,believingespeciallyMarktobebrashandtrashy.AunilateralactbyBarbaraleadstomanyissueswithintheextendedfamilycomingtothesurface,mostspecificallythetruehappinessofthemarriagebetweenBarbaraandJohn,andwhatColinistrulylookingfortobehappyinlife.