When I read the basic description of the plot, I thought 'this could be pretty cool - two kids staging a public prank, and afterward the one who got injured seems to turn on his buddy who took part in it with him. That is hugely fertile ground. I expected the cops to find the buddy and take him in and put him through hell before the whole story came to light.
Instead the story was made up of loose ends, most of which didn't get disposed of at the end really. The end of the story has one kid telling the other 'see, we're just kids, we can get away with anything.'
The acting was good. I can't fault it though I don't think the boys who played leads were THAT good, but certainly they were sufficient. Mike, the boy who (accidentally) stabbed his friend gets picked up by a young hooligan who drags him around all night through night clubs and stealing a car and eating at a restaurant (from which they fled without paying). Meanwhile, Leo, the smarter and more manipulative of the pair, is in the hospital in PJ's, recovering nicely from a small stab wound and giving the police fits in various ways - but not until he has described his buddy Mike as just a kid at school who has fantasies about killing. He tells them where Mike lives and says 'there's stuff under his bed, you should look there.' Great friend!
If I had written this story it would have had more of a plot line, would have been less aimless and disconnected. It did keep me watching through to the end, but only because I was hoping there would be some big denouement, some major plot twist that would explain the whole thing. Instead, it just ended with 'See, we're kids, we can do anything we want.'
It was okay but I was disappointed.
Instead the story was made up of loose ends, most of which didn't get disposed of at the end really. The end of the story has one kid telling the other 'see, we're just kids, we can get away with anything.'
The acting was good. I can't fault it though I don't think the boys who played leads were THAT good, but certainly they were sufficient. Mike, the boy who (accidentally) stabbed his friend gets picked up by a young hooligan who drags him around all night through night clubs and stealing a car and eating at a restaurant (from which they fled without paying). Meanwhile, Leo, the smarter and more manipulative of the pair, is in the hospital in PJ's, recovering nicely from a small stab wound and giving the police fits in various ways - but not until he has described his buddy Mike as just a kid at school who has fantasies about killing. He tells them where Mike lives and says 'there's stuff under his bed, you should look there.' Great friend!
If I had written this story it would have had more of a plot line, would have been less aimless and disconnected. It did keep me watching through to the end, but only because I was hoping there would be some big denouement, some major plot twist that would explain the whole thing. Instead, it just ended with 'See, we're kids, we can do anything we want.'
It was okay but I was disappointed.