Bomb the System
Adam Bhala Lough
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Plot Summary
A tribute to graffiti art and the city where it all began. Blest, a 19-year-old graffiti writer, has just graduated from high school. With no ambition toward mainstream goals of work and family, he spends his time bombing the city with graffiti messages until he and his crew become the most wanted bombers by the corrupt NYPD Vandal Squad. He even attracts major media and gallery attention for his tags. Also part of Blest's crew are Buk 50 and his younger brother Lune, whose arrest and beating by the NYPD causes the crew to wage a full-on graffiti war against the city. As they fight with their spray cans and their tags, Blest meets a political activist, Alexandra. Soon after, Blest's relationship with Buk 50 and the crew fragments as Blest ponders his position in life.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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32%- Reviews Counted: 22
- Fresh: 7
- Rotten: 15
- Average Rating: 5.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Visually dazzling and dramatically trite -- it's virtuoso piffle.
Rotten: Lough references Basquiat, without naming him, but in the end can't quite hijack the late artist's cred for his own hit-and-run movie.
Rotten: Preachy and single-minded, populated by a world of sympathetic heroes and hissable villains.
Rotten: A mild, slow-moving drama that belatedly tries to argue that graffiti writers are political artists, not an urban blight.
Customer Reviews
Wilson87
As a graff writer myself this movie is by far the best graff movie i've seen sine "Style "Wars.
One of the best ficticious graff movies ever.
Hands down one of the best graff movies ever made.
Great
The Best Graff ever!!!
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