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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
804 Views


[CHUCKLES]

[ENGINE RUNNING]

[LAUGHTER, CHEERING]

[CAMERON]

PLEASE TELL THE COUR HOW YOU WOULD

DESCRIBE YOURSELF,

YOUR LIFESTYLE.

I DON'T KNOW.

PUNK?

"PUNK"?

FUNNY YOU WOULD SAY THAT.

BECAUSE WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY...

GIVES US:

THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION

OF THIS TERM:

YOU SO ELOQUENTLY USE

TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: PUNK.

"A WORTHLESS PERSON;

AN OFTEN AGGRESSIVE

OR VIOLENT YOUNG MAN,

USUALLY A PETTY HOODLUM

OR GANGSTER;

A SOCIOPATH."

IT'S NOT ABOU A DEFINITION.

I WOULDN'T EXPEC SOMEONE LIKE YOU...

TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

OH, WELL, THEN

PLEASE HELP ME.

HELP THE JURY UNDERSTAND

HOW WEARING CHAINS

AND MILITARY CLOTHING

IS JUST PAR OF THE STYLE,

AND NOT WEAPONS:

AT THE READY.

IT'S A STATEMENT.

OH, YOU ARE CORRECT,

IT MOST CERTAINLY IS

A STATEMENT.

BUT IT IS NOT A STATEMEN OF FASHION,

IT'S A STATEMENT OF

MALICIOUS INTENT.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[TRAIN HORN SOUNDING

IN THE DISTANCE]

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

[OLES GROANS]

MY HEAD'S POUNDING.

IT'S NOT YOUR HEAD, MAN,

THERE'S SOMEONE AT THE DOOR.

HERSCHEL,

WHAT'S HAPPENING, MAN?

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

RENT WAS DUE LAST WEEK.

AH, I KNOW, I DO.

I GOT A LITTLE BEHIND.

HERE'S THIS.

IT'S SHORT.

I KNOW.

BUT JUST GIVE US

A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME,

AND I PROMISE:

I'LL GET YOU THE REST.

I LIKE YOU ALL:

AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL,

BUT I NEED THE MONEY.

I CAN'T HAVE Y'ALL

SQUATTING IN HERE.

I'M ALREADY GIVING YOU

A BREAK ON PRICE, MAN.

I KNOW.

AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

[SIGHS]

I'M JUST... I'M TRYING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S...

DUDE, YOU KNOW

I'M GOOD FOR IT.

THESE SHOWS, THEY'RE STARTING

TO GO REALLY WELL.

I JUST NEED LIKE A WEEK

AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT?

I'M SERIOUS THIS TIME.

I HONESTLY CAN'T WAI ANY LONGER, ALL RIGHT?

ONE WEEK OR I GOT TO

LOCK IT UP, MAN.

OKAY. AND, HERSCHEL,

THANK YOU.

I PROMISE,

YOU WON'T REGRET THIS.

- ALL RIGHT.

- I PROMISE.

THANK YOU.

ONE WEEK!

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN,

THEN CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MIKE]

YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE HARD

FOR YOU TO GET A JOB

LOOKING LIKE A WILD INDIAN.

[BRIAN] DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, OLD

MAN, I GOT A FEW THINGS LINED UP.

OH, I'M NOT WORRIED,

THAT'S YOUR MOTHER'S JOB.

I GUESS A HELMET'S OU OF THE QUESTION, TOO.

I'M NOT TRYING

TO LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU COULD'VE FOOLED ME.

- [MIKE GRUNTS]

- [REPORTER ON TV] HOW DANGEROUS...

[MIKE LAUGHS MOCKINGLY]

[MAN ON TV] THIS IS THE LAS OF THE MEGADEATH WEAPONS.

- A HUGE BOMB, NINE MEGATONS.

- [SPATULA CLATTERING]

IT HAS MORE EXPLOSIVE POWER

THAN ALL THE MISSILES FIRED

FROM ONE OF OUR NUCLEAR-ARMED

SUBMARINES TODAY.

AND COULD BE DETONATED

BY A VARIETY OF WAYS:

A SPARK, A LIGHTNING STORM

OR EVEN A HI COULD SET IT OFF.

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