James McCabe

Considering the theme seems to follow the current narrative of social justice virtue signaling over actual entertainment, it's still watchable, despite the current writers desire in their own words to incorporate current events like Brexit, the rise and triumph of nationalist patriotism over globalist buffonery and the left wing woke gem, climate change. All of which make for the perfect cocktail required to absolutely ruin sci-fi masterpieces like star wars, apparently learning nothing from that resplendent example, this writer is charging headlong down that exact path.

The movie was almost like two amateur documentaries rolled into one. The first being the history if the Baltimore dirt bike / street scene. The other a movie about a young boy who is the poster child for the statistical inner city youth. No strong male role model, no father, a mother who is obviously not parenting her children, she is failing them. Sad. While pug is an obviously intelligent child he has no support, no real homelike to speak of and absolutely zero discipline or routine. The mother literally is surprised when she learns he skipped an entire month of school and she is notified to appear in court. That pretty much sums it up for her ability and her investment in her children. What mother doesn't realize her child has skipped a month of school when that child is only 12 or 13? A mother who isn't involved or simply doesn't want to be bothered. This shows some of the truly systemic issues facing so many inner city youth, the main one being singlenparent households with no father.

A better than average modern gangster movie, good content but losing focus at times. Looses some points being genuine with the character of creeper, a hard core cartel enforcer being played by the spoiled, entitled millenial has been Shia LaBeouf. Outside of this it's entertaining but a far cry from godfather or goodfellas material. Not even a carlittos way.