Charm City Kings
The 2013 documentary 12 O'Clock Boys is adapted into a narrative movie in this 2020 American coming-of-age drama directed by Ángel Manuel Soto. The movie, which is set in West Baltimore, centers on 14-year-old Mouse (Jahi Di'Allo Winston), an eighth grader who hopes to become a veterinarian and works part-time at an animal hospital. Mouse is drawn to the Midnight Clique, a notorious group of Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summer streets with illegal stunts and fast-paced police evasions, since he is haunted by the death of his elder brother Stro, a gifted dirt bike racer who died in an accident. The movie takes place in a well-known coming-of-age setting: a young guy, guided by people on both sides of the law, is torn between his rightful aspirations and the alluring shortcuts provided by street culture. While Blax (Meek Mill), the former criminal leader of the Midnight Clique, offers camaraderie, mechanical skills, and ultimately the promise of drug money, Detective ...
