Bullet Boy Character Detail

Ricky (Ashley Walters)

• He is shown in the beginning of the film being released from prison, he is picked up by his friend Wisdom and his brother Curtis.
• He is shown as the main character in the film as he seems to be in the midst of most of the violence that happens in the film.
• When he is released from prison he seems to be trying to set himself straight and to stay away from crime.
• He is the one who gets most of the backlash from Wisdom's rivalry with Godfrey, he's the one who is found with the gun and the one who is shot right at the end.

Curtis (Luke Fraser)

• He is the younger brother of Ricky and is influenced by him and the way he acts, he tries to copy the things Ricky does.
• He helps Ricky to hide his gun underneath his mattress. 
• He seems to have all the aftermath of the crimes placed on him.
• He shoots Rio in the arm during a game of hide and seek.
• In the very end of the film when Ricky has died you see Curtis take the gun from it's hiding place and throw it in the canal, as if to say that now the guns gone the crimes gone with it.

Wisdom (Leon Black)

• Wisdom is Ricky's best friend, him and Ricky have a strong bond of loyalty between them.
• Wisdom is the one who tries to drag Ricky back into crime.
• He attempts to hold Ricky to ransom and get him to do things for him, as Ricky owes him as Wisdom saved Ricky's life.
• During the film Wisdom strikes up some firm of hatred between him and Godfrey after he smashed Godfrey's car mirror.
• Wisdom is very full of himself an constantly up for a fight with anyone who challenges him.
• During this film you see the hatred between them become extreme when Wisdom shoots Godfrey's dog, goes into Godfrey's home attempting to kill him and then finally when Wisdom is shot dead by Godfrey. 

Beverly (Clare Perkins)

• Beverly is Ricky and Curtis' mum, she has a strong bond with the boys which may be a result of her being a single mum.
• She is seen in the film as being a very strong character who holds alot of power over what the boys do.
• She is religious and when she goes to church with Curtis she goes up to the alter when invited to be Leon to seek help and forgiveness from God.
• When she returns from the Rio's family home she gives Ricky the key and tells him to pack his things and give the key back. This is the last time she sees Ricky alive as he is shot at the train station.

Shea (Sharea Samuels)

• Shea is Ricky's girlfriend and is seen throughout the film as a strong influence in Ricky's life now he has left prison.
• She is show as a very strong character who is able to control Ricky, her strength appears less in the film when Wisdom has roped Ricky back into crime, and she breaks down as if she cannot bare the thought of him going back to prison.

Godfrey (Clark Lawson)

• Godfrey is in a rival gang to Ricky and Wisdom and first appears in the film when Wisdom accidently hits his car.
• From the first sighting of Godfrey he is shown within the film as being a very dominant and violent character. 
• When Wisdom shoots Godfrey's dog he always seems set out to get revenge and he does this by first shooting Wisdom and the shooting Ricky at the train station.