Daniel Kaluuya Offers Different Sides of Talent in Directorial Debut ‘The Kitchen’ | VIDEO

*Daniel Kaluuya is giving the world a different side of him as he goes behind the camera in his directorial debut, “The Kitchen.”

According to Netflix’s synopsis of the film, which Kaluuya co-directed with Kibwe Tavares, “The Kitchen” is “A story of fatherhood and love for the community… Every city has a Kitchen. In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits.”

In the trailer for the sci-fi thriller, released Dec. 18, bike gangs (both motor and pedal-powered), and violence are featured in a London full of neon and riot cops, pristine lobbies and grubby alleys, hierarchies and have-nots.

Izi (British actor and rapper Kane Robinson) looks for a way out of the Kitchen—until he encounters Benji (newcomer Jedaiah Bannerman), a boy who needs a family. As the trailer plays, it’s clear the duo needs each other in a world that doesn’t seem to have anything good in store for them.

In addition to first time directing, “The Kitchen” finds Kaluuya in the role of co-writer alongside Joe Murtagh, Tor.com reports.

Along with Robinson (Top Boy) and Bannerman, the feature stars Hope Ikpoku Jnr, BackRoad Gee, Cristale, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, and Ian Wright. The trailer’s release comes after “The Kitchen” premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October.

In an early review of the film, Variety stated, “Even at its shakiest, however, The Kitchen gets by on the steam of its own fury, and on its tender depiction of a trampled underclass staving off defeat through small, everyday acts of care and empathy.”

“The Kitchen” is set to arrive on Netflix on January 19.

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