The drama of violence and extremism is revived through drug dealer Johnny Troylov, who threatens Jake Mazurski, a case that seems to be in large sums for Johnny. New crime begins with Jake breaking into Johnny's house in response to him, but Juni returns to the kidnapping of 15-year-old Jack, Jack's brother. All these pursuits and events seem more violent when Johnny appoints Frankie to be Zach's pursuers and develop a fraternal friendship. Here the pursuers talk about things that may not be good under the FBI's hunt and things may get out of control.
Its originality lies in the fact that it depicts white middle-class kids on the loose, calling their women bitches and listening endlessly to violent, misogynist and homophobic black rap.
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
November 06, 2010
This inspired-by-reality tale is essentially an emotional snuff film. It's the kind of misguided effort a middle-aged director indulges in when he wants to reinvent himself as edgy.
Nick Cassavetes' film combines an aimless ramble through juvenile depravity in the affluent suburbs of LA and a quite disturbing evocation of the true-life murder of an adolescent boy in 1999.
