The Plot- film Return Me (2015)

Return Me (2015) Action/Adventure Drama 

Achmed Eid is a 17 year old boy living in adoptive care by his English born parents, Steven and Kathryn. In March of 2011 the Syrian Civil War broke out and has been on going for the last 2 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 1 day. Expressed through the media, Syria are known for using child soldiers in their wars as young as 14- shown by the Telegraph newspaper. Achmed, his elder brother Sabeen and little sister Lilith lived in the city of Aleppo, Syria when their parents were unfortunately killed months into the war. Unsure of what would happen to them, Achmed and his brother Sabeen were taken under to be soldiers, whilst their little sister Lilith was taken to Egypt where she would be safe. Achmed and Sabeen were taken to be soldiers by an extremely dangerous and violent gang whom capture soldiers to fight. A year on, Achmed began to experience more and more trauma and could not cope with the stress and trouble his lifestyle brung him. His determination for a better life lead him to escape, knowing that it would be a possibility that he would die if leaders of the gang saw him, Ashur took the chance and fled to Egypt to find his sister. Without their brother, Achmed and Lilith were deported to England where they would be placed in fulltime foster care. In January of 2013, Achmed and Lilith were adopted by an English couple who lived in Greenwich, London. 

During his time in London, Achmed found it very difficult settling in and learning how to adapt to not only every day life, but additionally life in England away from his brother Sabeen. From the traumatic experiences, Achmed developed skitizpheria and depression, living a very dangerous yet fragile lifestyle as a teenager. Moreover, in addition to this, the unknowing location or welfare of his brother Sabeen tortures him as he lives in doubt of whether his brother is even alive. Although Achmed appreciates his adoptive family and safe lifestyle compared to Syria, Achmed cannot help thinking about his brother.

Achmed decides that he cannot live the rest of his life wondering whether his brother is alive or not and makes the decision to go back to Syria to locate and save his brother in the hope that they will be able to flee together to come back to the United Kingdom. Achmed understands that going back to Syria to find his brother would be extremely difficult, especially with his condition and additionally knowing that the gang that first captured him would do it again, he fights against all odd's and eventually forges his way out of the country with the use of his adoptive parents card details. Will he get caught by the gang and be forced back into fighting? Or will he find his brother and return back to England.