Bomb the System

2002

Action / Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1125 1.1K

hip-hop graffiti

Director

Adam Bhala Lough Photo
Adam Bhala Lough

Top cast

KaDee Strickland Photo
KaDee Strickland as Toni
Donna Mitchell Photo
Donna Mitchell as Diane Campo
Manny Siverio Photo
Manny Siverio as Sum5
Derrick Simmons Photo
Derrick Simmons as Tido
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844.54 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.53 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SONNYK_USA 7 / 10

Slow starter gets interesting in the second half when 'tagging' turns to tragedy!

The dedicated practitioners of graffiti art in New York City get dramatically profiled in a film shot 'guerilla' style late at night in order to simulate the 'danger' involved with the only art form that's against the law.Stereotypical 'bad' cops continually stalk the intrepid band of 'taggers' while 'Blest' (Mark Webber) truly is the most artistically blessed member of the gang as he readies an art exhibit of his best work.However, this film doesn't really become interesting until Blest becomes involved with 'Alexandra' (Jaclyn DeSantis), a political activist who anonymously paints the words 'Bomb the System' all over the city sidewalks using a cleverly modified shopping bag that has a stencil cut into the bottom.As the police become more and more of a factor the dangers that Blest faces by hanging with his friends causes him to make some hard decisions. Worth watching for some great night shots of New York City and an amazing sequence on the top of the Brooklyn Bridge.Check it out!
Reviewed by selfishbastid 6 / 10

the template with good music

Reviewed by Noah_Suppin 5 / 10

Works better as a music video, less as a narrative piece

Much like the recent "Lords of Dogtown", "Bomb the System" is a film spotlighting a semi- underground subculture, in this case graffiti writers, wrapped around a narrative plot. Somewhat similar to "Kids", the story follows a young writer, "BLEST" as he tags, hangs out with friends, smokes pot, parties and tags again. This would all work fine as a minimalist, loosely structured, spectator piece, but instead, the filmmakers throw the dramatic storyline arc into the mix about a crooked cop and his ex-writer partner, which makes the whole thing seem artificial. Besides this major flaw, the film also suffers from over-acting, un-motivated hyper editing techniques and un-authentic slang dialouge. As an artist myself, I would suggest to neophytes looking to learn more about the culture to explore documentaries and check out websites. It's too bad that this film doesn't work, because the characters, like the filmmakers, seem to have a spiritual passion for the art of graffiti. The character Alex says in one scene something along the lines of while graffiti is aesthetically pleasing and stylistic, it the end, it stands for nothing. This particular line echos my thoughts and feelings about the film itself.
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