Threat (2006) [PG]
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Featuring:
Carlos Puga, Keith Middleton, Rebekka Takamizu
Written by:
Katie Nisa
Matteo Pizzolo
Directed by:
Matteo Pizzolo
Release Date:
January 13, 2006
Original Title:
Threat
Genres:
Drama
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 90
There are battles where you can't choose sides, you can only choose whether or not to fight.
Jim, a white straightedge punk with a violent past, and Fred, a young black hip-hop revolutionary struggling to raise a son, spend their lunch breaks at St. Mark’s Comix together. Overwhelmed by the violence that surrounds them, the two form a friendship despite the fact that they come from different worlds. Jim's friends, a crew of noble but misguided kids, learn that a friend was killed by a drunk driver. In their rage and frustration, they form a gang called One Less Drunk, intent on stopping drunk drivers before they get to their cars.
THREAT revolves around a street riot in NYC's Lower East Side. At the center of the riot are two friends (a homeless straightedge punk named Jim and a hip hop revolutionary father named Fred) who inadvertently cause the riot when they bring their street tribes together and fail to avoid a conflict that quickly spirals out of control. As the characters struggle through the chaos, some seeking to stop the violence and others seeking to escalate it, they face their own demons and find their own forms of redemption and damnation.
