The War Boys

The War Boys

2009 · 93 min · EN · R · 5.9 (68 votes)
Dir. Ron Daniels · Starring Benjamin Walker, Peter Gallagher, Brian J. Smith, Victor Rasuk, Greg Serano, Debrianna Mansini

“The heart knows no borders.”

Drama

Home from his freshman year of college, David is reunited with his childhood buddies Greg and George - the War Boys are together again. They used to sit in their pick up truck on the US-Mexican border waiting to chase illegal immigrants across the wasteland– just for fun. Now the boys hijack a semi hoping to sell what they think are black market televisions and make a quick buck.

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.

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