Die Wut. Die vernichtende Wirkung. Der Drang, kaltblütig zu töten… Sie wurden damit nicht geboren. Bo und Roy werden von ihren Mitschülern gemieden und haben auch sonst weder zwischenmenschliche Kontakte noch Perspektiven für die Zukunft. Der Wunsch, anderen Menschen Schmerzen zuzufügen wächst und Roy wird davon förmlich übermannt. Sie starten ins Wochenende mit der Philosophie: This weekend anything goes. Manchmal kann Langeweile tödlich sein.
The Boys Next Door läuft in 1 Kino in Los Angeles - nächste Vorstellung Dienstag, 17. November um 15:00 im USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Nächste Vorstellungen: Dienstag, 17. November.
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Gets kind of dumb near the end, but the rest is such a great, uncomfortable indictment of both shitty white male entitlement and self-destructive macho insecurity that -- unlike something like Falling Down -- never forgets that the cops and those in power are any different. Beefy psycho Maxwell Caulfield and dumb but cute Charlie Sheen deserved some kind of best couple award.
Revisited this film because Severin released a fantastic new Blu-ray. I actually enjoyed the film more now than when I watched it on VHS back in the 80's. Some of that enjoyment is seeing Los Angeles (and Hollywood in particular) circa 1984. But I also see that director Penelope Spheeris and writers Glen Morgan and James Wong (who have both gone on to very successful careers in television) were attempting more than just a violent exploitation film. They were attempting to tackle xenophobia and the pathology of violence - yet it was produced by exploitation film producer Sandy Howard so there are things about it that clearly fall in to the genre/exploitation realm. The scene in which Maxwell Caulfield murders Patti D'Arbanville remains incredibly disturbing... especially as she is asking "why" mid strangling. Ugly stuff. (The film had to be cut and submitted to the MPAA 10 times to get R rating.)The extras are fantastic. I'm sure Sheen was asked to participate and declined... would have loved to hear what he had to say about this film. Caulfield calls him the "devil's spawn" and Spheeris pretty much agrees in the 2015 interview they have together.Special Features: - Audio Commentary with Director Penelope Spheeris and Actor Maxwell Caulfield- Blind Rage: Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Nightmare USA- Both Sides of the Law: Interview with Actors Maxwell Caulfield and Christopher McDonald- Give Us Your Money: Interviews with Street Band Performers Texacala Jones and Tequila Mockingbird- Caveman Day: Cinemaniacs Interview with Director Penelope Spheeris and Actor Maxwell Caulfield- Tales from the End Zone: Interview with Actor Kenneth Cortland- The Psychotronic Tourist – The Boys Next Door- Alternate Opening Title Sequence & Extended Scenes (Silent)Trailer
Two recently graduated social pariahs take a road trip to Los Angeles and leave a trail of death and destruction in their wake.The Boys Next Door is quite a chilling movie, in large because of the performance by Maxwell Caufield. He plays an excellent homicidal psychopath here. Charlie Sheen is good too as the more levelheaded sociopath. The movie runs its natural nihilistic course and concludes in a very fitting bleak fashion.I had a great time watching this with Michelle.
Zwei Außenseiter aus einer Kleinstadt brechen nach dem High-School-Abschluss zu einem Wochenend-Roadtrip nach Los Angeles auf, nur um in einen eskalierenden und zerstörerischen Beutezug zu geraten.
Der Film wurde 1986 von Penelope Spheeris inszeniert, nach ihrer Arbeit an bemerkenswerten Gegenkultur-Dokumentationen und Punk-orientierten Spielfilmen.
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