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- When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate - but when will it end?
- A government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.
- Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
- Four Venice Beach boys make a pact to lose their virginity before beginning their senior year of high school.
- Daryl's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mix-up at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a drug dealer wants back.
- Charlie Harrison dreams of being a rock star and, with the help of friends and a gang of local toughs, he arranges a concert in his house for a big time record producer or at least that is what Charlie thought he was arranging.
- A disgraced surgeon leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.
- A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.
- L.A.'s Chinatown is disrupted by the cross-town rivalry between two kickboxing clubs, as the competitive sport is catapulted from the ring of a gymnasium to a ring of fire.
- Summer isn't all that's hot when a high school grad gets a job as a lifeguard in LA and falls desperately in love with a much older lifeguard.
- A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
- In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Through his voyeuristic binoculars, he struggles to make sense of all the alienation and disaffection he sees in his neighborhood. In his journal he meticulously chronicles the mundane down to steadfast march of ants across his kitchen counter. John is desperately trying to keep one meaningless day from blending into next. He compulsively watches homemade videos of LA riots looking for a clue. But everywhere around him the city's social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and now it is John Boys's own threadbare life that's about to unravel.
- This is the tale of two young lovers who flee from the miseries of their homelife to make it on there own. Nineteen year old Chris, rejected by his family, hopes to go to college and into forestry once he's out of the Army Reserves. Holly, who is fourteen, lives with her divorced, overprotective mother and her brother. She runs with an older crowd and soon attaches herself to Chris. Holly's mother is dead set against Chris because of his age, and she and Holly are at odd's over him. When she forbids them to see one another, and boots Chris out of her yard, Holly convinces a doubtful Chris to run off to the promises of California. The Trip West, with the couple penniless, avoiding the law, a lecherous trucker and other routine incidents, shows them that life will not be easy. Once in southern California there are no answers except for a fortuitous offer from the Hollywood Outreach Program, which they pass up. Bad luck hits hard, but Chris can't go home because the army has declared him AWOL, and Holly's mother has pressed charges of kidnapping and rape. Furthermore, Holly won't leave Chris--they've discovered they're really in love.
- A struggling artist's life is turned upside down by an afternoon romance with a beautiful stranger.
- The classic Twain story "The Prince and the Pauper" gets a modern slant when Prince Edward of Gelfland switches places with southern California surfer Cash Canty. Both discover a new world of romance, danger, and adventure beyond their wildest dreams.
- Connie Sellecca stars as Sharon Blake, a successful career woman who has a passionate affair with a possessive man (Gregory Harrison). When she tries to break off the relationship, she uncovers the dark side of her former lover, who starts stalking and harassing her. Harrison is effectively creepy as the obsessed, spurned ex-lover.
- Hollywood's own "Can't Be Stopped" crew is one of the most influential and recognizable graffiti crews to emerge out of the U.S. is Since its inception in the early 1980's, the initials C.B.S. have been at the forefront of evolving graffiti art into a true, authentic art form. The kinship forged by father figure "Skate" creates a bond of brotherhood, a surrogate family protecting these artists from the temptations of the Hollywood streets, imprinting upon them an unrivaled standard of morality, respect and integrity in graffiti. Skate's tutelage becomes their lore and mantra, the driving force as these boys come of age, many from broken homes, into their ultimate success and prosperity. Unbeknownst to these young artists, they were shaping the medium and ultimately became pioneers. Their notoriety and acclaim was a transcending factor that evolved this contemporary art form, transcending the stigmas attached to this subculture.
- The rise, fall, and rebirth of Christian Hosoi, the young man who helped skateboarding re-emerge as a major cultural influence in the 1980s. The inventive skater and businessman was incarcerated in 2000 for trafficking controlled substances across state lines, and since his parole in 2004, the Born-Again Christian has dedicated his life to being a good father and positive influence on the sport.
- This compassionate documentary offers snapshots of a number of people living productive lives while coping with physical abnormalities.
- In GV2 the filmmaker brilliantly manages to "personalize" these 19 artists, moving them elegantly from stereotypes to "real people," revealing why this movement has become the most popular and powerful cultural force of the 90's.
- Official selection AFI FEST 2004. ROCK FRESH is an electrifying documentary on the world of the graffiti artist. A raw snapshot of artists who literally have their back against the wall, the film follows five of the world's most legendary street artists as they make the leap from graffiti art to commercial art. From the street to the gallery. From walls to clothing. From private to worldwide. Our cameras unmask the mystifying process behind graffiti art like never before. Revealing step-by-step how the colors blend, how the angles sharpen, how the shadows emerge. Lifting the veil from a subculture so clandestine, it took 40 years to get this close. The artists take their skills to a variety of surfaces -concrete, canvas, metal, cloth, and brick. And to an array of locations - city rooftops, the desert, downtown lofts, the sewers, even the forest. ROCK FRESH also reveals artists painfully coming of age. From kids drawing in their sketchbooks, to grown men struggling to make a living off of their art. Struggling between the codes of the underground and the lure of the mainstream. Journey through the buzzing underground art world - from live graffiti battles and gallery showcases, to underground parties and late night bombing sessions, Hollywood alleyways to Tokyo skyscrapers. Learn what it takes to ROCK FRESH.
- A documentary profiling various luminaries of contemporary urban culture, including MCs, turntablist DJs, graffiti artists, skateboarders, b-boys, and photographers.
- This experimental musical opus probes the socio-political context that distracts the average person from appreciating the historical / artistic significance and impact of Graf.
- Mitch and Ryan go undercover as a gigolo and a wealthy widow to entrap a group of robbers. But they enjoy their roles so much that they almost forget the reason for it, until it's too late.
- Ponch and Jon continue pursuing the roller skating smash and grab thieves. Jon helps a famous musician who is exhausted and disillusioned. Meanwhile, Ponch is running out of time to find celebrities for the CHP Skate with the Stars charity.
- Deaqs ex girlfriend turns up and asks him for help dealing with her violent husband, who just happens to be the leader of a gang of armed robbers.
- Harry is hired to find a drug-addicted, pregnant teenage girl who ran away from her policeman father. In the midst of this case, an old girlfriend comes back into Harry's life.
- Victor struggles to save a young teenager from a life of gangbanging, but finds himself falling for the boy's older sister. While her apartment is being painted, Chris moves in with Cory for a week.
- T.C. falls under the seductive spell of an undercover DEA agent who's in over her head. Meanwhile, Victor has to requalify on the bicycle, and butts heads with his instructor -- trials champion Hans Rey.
- Cory (Paula Trickey) doubts herself when she's accused of using excessive force in a shooting incident. Meanwhile, Chris and Victor play bodyguard to a spoiled actor.
- T.C. and Chris are called in when a stalker begins killing to attract a radio sex therapist's attention. Meanwhile, Cory and Vincent track a thief who hires strippers to distract his victims.
- Ex-Navy cadet Chris (Darlene Vogel) joins the force and gets training from Palermo as the squad heads up a search for a ring of carjackers.
- T.C.'s gun is stolen during pursuit of an armed robber, and the Bike Patrol tries to keep one step ahead as the gun passes from person to person. Victor and Chris investigate a ring of dognappers. As a practical joke, Cory signs Chris up with a video dating service.
- Pacific Blue's season opener picks up from the cliffhanger season-ender, 'The Right Thing,' in which Bobby Cruz and the three other rookie cops were arrested for withholding evidence in the murder of gang conciliator, John Patrone.