Been waiting for this one for 28 weeks according to my Instagram. This is another look into Baltimore through the lens of first time director Lofty Nathan. I still working through the first season of The Wire so this serves as good motivation to persevere. It follows the protagonist and 'grown ass man,' Pug, who is in fact 12 over the course of 3 years as he tries to become on of the 'Boys'. The impressive slow motion shots that glamourise these inner city daredevils are contrasted with insights on the realities of single parent life and blurry camera phone videos of dead bikers laying on the street. In a Tom and Jerry-esque situation except with bikes and helicopters these guys risk their life just for a momentary escape from their reality whilst being hounded by the police. Between drug dealing and 'wheelieing' the bikes are clearly the lesser of two evils.
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