Bomb the System
Graffiti Can Be A Powerful Weapon
Graffiti Can Be A Powerful Weapon
Action, Drama
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2005
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Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and 'tags' virgin walls with his signature 'Blest.' He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
27 May 2005
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
6 wins & 2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Visually dazzling and dramatically trite -- it's virtuoso piffle.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
26 Aug 2005
rotten:
Thoroughly fails to convince that its handful of New York characters known as 'bombers,' graffiti mongers futilely yearning for immortality via nightly despoiling of public and private property, is of any tragic interest.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
24 Jun 2005
fresh:
Notable mainly for its hallucinatory, tripped visuals, which go a long way toward compensating for a less-than-riveting narrative.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jun 2005
fresh:
A richly textured drama with an angry poetic edge that gets inside the obsessive subculture of New York graffiti artists.
– David Rooney,
Variety,
2 Jun 2005
rotten:
Preachy and single-minded, populated by a world of sympathetic heroes and hissable villains.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2005