Bomb City

Synopsis: Bomb City is a crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice. Based on the true story of Brian Deneke.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jameson Brooks
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  10 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
TV-MA
Year:
2017
95 min
803 Views


[HUMMING, BUZZING]

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]

[WIND HOWLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAN RAPPING INDISTINCTLY]

WHERE ALL THE F***ING

WHITE HATS HANG OUT

COME DOWN TO WESTERN PLAZA

WHERE KING'S

'BOUT TO F*** SH*T UP!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[CROWD CLAMORING]

[LAUGHTER, CLAMORING CONTINUES]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

IT'S NOW OR NEVER,

MOTHERFUCKERS!

WE END THIS SH*T TONIGHT.

[CAMERON]

"DESTROY EVERYTHING."

IS THIS THE MESSAGE WE WAN TO SEND OUR CHILDREN

FOR GENERATIONS TO COME?

"DESTROY... EVERYTHING."

THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

IS WHAT THA WEAPON-WIELDING GOON WORE

THE NIGHT OF THE ALTERCATION.

LOOKS TO ME LIKE

HE WAS ON:

A MISSION TO KILL.

COMBAT BOOTS,

WAR CHAINS...

AND THIS.

"DESTROY EVERYTHING."

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING ON TV]

[MARILYN MANSON ON TV]

HOW'S IT GOING, NEW YORK?

I CHOSE TO SPEAK TO YOU

IN A SQUARE:

BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE KIND OF

CONDITIONED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE,

WHEN THEY'RE IN

THE SHAPE OF A SQUARE.

AND ALSO, HERE IN HOLLYWOOD,

THIS IS WHERE WE GIVE PEOPLE

WHAT THEY WANT.

VIOLENCE, I GUESS THAT'S WHA IT SEEMS TO COME DOWN TO.

WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO

EVERYONE TODAY ABOUT,

UH... I DON'T REALLY

WANT TO PREACH,

I JUST WANT TO, MORE,

BRING UP SOME QUESTIONS.

AND SINCE I ALWAYS

TEND TO BE:

A SCAPEGOAT, I THOUGH WE'D TALK ABOUT BLAME.

RIGHT NOW,

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BLAME MUSIC,

THEY WANT TO:

BLAME MOVIES,

BUT, UH... YOU KNOW,

WE'VE FORGOTTEN

THAT WE HAVE A DEAD GUY

HANGING FROM A TREE

IN OUR LIVING ROOMS.

UH... UH...

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE

WORSHIPPED ALL OUR LIVES.

IF YOU THINK ABOU THE CRUCIFIX AS THE...

THE GREATEST MASS-MARKE PIECE OF MERCHANDISE

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

I'VE ALWAYS FOUND I TO BE KIND OF INTERESTING.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY SAT DOWN AND

TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE NEWS.

UM... ALSO, WONDERED

WHY NOBODY CARES WHEN

AN ADULT COMMITS SOME

SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE

THEY WANT TO HAVE

A REASON WHY.

THAT'S ONLY WHEN

A KID DOES IT.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY...

BEGUN TO CONFUSE PEOPLE NOW

AND WHY WE'RE IN THIS STATE

OF... UH, CHAOS

AND, UH, PC, NONSENSICAL,

UPTIGHTNESS.

IT'S WHITE TEENAGERS.

THAT'S THE REAL ENIGMA.

WHY ARE THEY MAD?

THEY'RE MIDDLE CLASS,

THEY'RE WHITE,

THEY'RE SPOILED.

IS IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW

AMERICA'S A LIE?

IS IT BECAUSE:

WE MAKE THEM FEEL

LIKE THEY'RE NEVER

GOOD ENOUGH, YOU KNOW?

"YOU'RE NEVER GOOD ENOUGH

FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP,

FOR THE CAR, FOR THE GIRL.

NEVER GOOD ENOUGH TO BE

FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES."

AND THEN, ARE WE SURPRISED

WHY THEY'RE MAD

OR WHY THEY END UP DEAD,

YOU KNOW?

WHY THE VIOLENCE?

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW...

YOU MADE THEM, AMERICA.

YOU KNOW,

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

[CROWD CHANTING IN DISTANCE]

[MARCHING BAND PLAYING,

CHANTING]

COME ON, GET YOUR GAME DAY

SPORTS STUFF.

SH*T, YEAH.

HEY, QUIT MESSING AROUND, MAN.

WHY? I DON'T EVEN SEE WHY YOUR

B*TCH-ASS NEEDS A HELMET ANYWAY.

JV HAS NO BUSINESS

SUITING UP.

[MCCORMICK]

COME ON NOW, RICKY.

HE MIGHT SEE THE FIELD.

WE'LL HAVE THEIR ASS BEA BY HALFTIME, YOU KNOW THAT.

MCCORMICK, YOU ACT LIKE IT'S

HARD TO BE A LINEMAN, MAN.

ALL YOU DO IS SIT ON

YOUR FAT ASS AND EAT.

BUDDY, ONLY THING I'M EATING

IS YOUR MOM'S P*SSY.

- [SPITS]

- [GIGGLES]

WHAT... GET...

GET THE F*** OFF ME!

QUIT FREAKIN' PLAYING

GRAB-ASS, MAN!

IT'S A PLAYOFF GAME!

ACT LIKE IT!

LET IT GO, CODY.

COME ON,

LET'S BRING IT IN, MEN.

[ALL]

OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BY THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME,

THY WILL BE DONE,

ON EARTH AS IT IS

IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY

OUR DAILY BREAD.

AND FORGIVE US:

OUR TRESPASSES,

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE

WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.

AND LEAD US NO INTO TEMPTATION,

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,

THE POWER,

THE GLORY FOREVER

- AND EVER.

- HEY, WHAT'S UP, BRI?

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

- WHERE YOU BEEN?

- NEW YORK.

GOOD, YEAH.

THE SHOW'S ALREADY GOING ON.

[BRIAN]

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

HEY, WHAT'S UP, MAN?

- MY BROTHER INSIDE?

- YEAH, HE'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

[PUNK ROCK BAND PLAYING]

HOW WE LOOKING?

UH, GOOD...

WHAT'S UP, DAWG?

[GROANS]

YEAH!

WHAT THE F***!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- DUDE!

- OH!

[INDISTINCT YELLING]

BRIAN?

BRIAN! DUDE!

[CHUCKLES]

NO, NO, NO, I AIN' LETTING YOU OFF THAT EASY.

GET YOUR ASS UP HERE

AND DO THE SONG LIST.

[LAUGHS]

GET UP HERE.

[OVER P.A.] LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

ABOUT THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE...

[CYMBALS CRASHING LIGHTLY]

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE

IF IT WASN'T FOR

THIS KID RIGHT HERE!

[CHEERING]

[MAN IN CROWD WHISTLES]

CHEERS, BRO.

[BAND TUNING UP]

[SPITS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

THE LIST:

IS THOUSANDS LONG

THE LIST:

IS THOUSANDS LONG

PEOPLE WHO DECIDED

IT WASN'T FOR THEM

DID THEY REALLY:

MAKE THAT DECISION?

CONDITIONING RUNS DEEP

IN THE USA:

TEENAGE REBELLION

IS JUST FINE:

AS LONG AS:

YOU STOP:

WHEN YOU TURN 18

THOUSANDS OF PUNKS TURNED

TO SOCIETY'S TOOLS

THERE'S SOMETHING

IN THEIR EYES:

YOU CAN TELL THEY SOLD OUT

REMEMBER PUNK IS MORE THAN

TEENAGE REBELLION

SURE, IT STARTS THERE,

BUT WHY DOES IT END?

AND THE LIST:

IS THOUSANDS LONG.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]

[BAND CONTINUES PLAYING INSIDE]

HEY, YOU GOT A LIGHT?

YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS TAKE

14 MINUTES OFF YOUR LIFE

EVERY TIME YOU SMOKE

ONE OF THEM?

WHAT ARE YOU, A PSYCHIC?

I ONLY SMOKE WHEN I DRINK.

YEAH, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU

HAD TO DRINK TONIGHT?

WELL, I'M SORRY, THE GUY

WHO CAN DOWN A 40 OUNCE BEER

IN LIKE FIVE SECONDS

IS QUESTIONING ME

ABOUT DRINKING?

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