USA
Genre: Crime/Drama
America
Writer/director: Adam Leon.
Cast: Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Zoe Lescaze.
Plot
Two graffiti artists discover their latest work has been erased by another crew, so they set out to tag the untaggable, the New York Mets’ home run apple. They know a guy who can get them into the stadium for $500 so, cue a day of hustling and petty thievery the only way they can make their dreams come true.Review.
This film
looks low budget but has great characters and story, set in the dog eat dog
world of a New York suburb where stealing and being stolen from is just part of
the day to day.
Tashiana
Washington plays Sofia a girl who is street smart but vicious when
crossed. It’s fantastic to see a well
rounded female character, she’s intelligent and cynical when on the make but shows
her sweet side when bargaining with handsome Graffiti pal Kaps (Melvin Mogoli).
In contrast
Malcolm (Ty Hickson) is all about bravado and getting laid. His scenes with bohemian rich girl Ginnie
(Zoe Lescaze) illustrate a different slant on the interaction between the haves
and have nots in America. When Malcolm
goes to her apartment to sell her drugs, Ginnie seduces him, but they are interrupted
and Malcolm has to make a run for it.
When Ginnie calls him again he thinks he is onto a sure thing, but he walks
in on a party, and Ginnie treats him like the help. That’s when he decides to rob her.
There are
some great secondary characters in the film from the silent man behind the
screen door who gives no reaction as Sofia demands money for the phone she has
fenced to Meeko the hapless lock pick who Malcolm enlists to open Ginnie’s
front door.
This film
is a really good romp and its fun, go and see it.
4 out of 5
stars.
