Shifty (2008)

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Import Blu-ray/Region All pressing. Riz Ahmed (Britz, Dead Set) takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London. The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shiftys life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up. As his long time friend Chris, played by Daniel Mays (The Bank Job, Plus One), confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's heading fast towards.

Shifty, a London crack cocaine dealer, must face the violent future he's hurtling towards when his troubled best friend returns home, his family threatens to turn their back on him, and a rival drug dealer tries to set him up for a big fall.