The War Boys

The War Boys

2009 · 93 min · EN · R · 6.2 (58 votes)
Dir. Ron Daniels · Starring Benjamin Walker, Peter Gallagher, Brian J. Smith, Victor Rasuk, Greg Serano, Debrianna Mansini

The heart knows no borders

Drama

David, George, and Greg, best friends since high school, are “The War Boys”. They used to perch on the US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who were trying to run into the United States. Sometimes, without a thought for the immigrants, the boys chased them across the wasteland and back across the border – just for fun. It was just one of those games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school’s over now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college and the War Boys have been reunited.

VIBE

A sun-baked, dusty coming-of-age story about bored young men on the border. It's a tense, brooding look at friendship, masculinity, and the thrill of the chase, tinged with a melancholic sense of lost innocence.

tensenostalgicbroodingmelancholicsteadyindie dramacoming-of-agegritty realismmasculinityloss of innocencefriendshipidentity
illegal immigrationborderborder patrolborder crossinglgbtillegal border crossing
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