Stars: Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Christian Madsen
Storyline
Trapped in a violent feud with a cruel older bully and facing another bout of summer school, Jack's got all the problems he can handle. So when Jack's aunt falls ill and his runty younger cousin must stay with him for the weekend the last thing Jack wants to do is look after him. Unfortunately no one really cares what Jack wants.
Cast: Charlie Plummer -
Jack
Cory Nichols -
Ben
Christian Madsen -
Tom
Danny Flaherty -
Shane
Erin Davie -
Karen
Chloe Levine -
Holly
Richardson Elijah -
Malcolm
Keith Leonard -
Officer Pete
Scott LeRoy -
Mechanic
Meeko -
Ray
Melvin Mogoli -
Beavan
Elijah Richardson -
Malcolm
William Rubel -
Mechanic
Divitto Tony -
Howard
Yainis Ynoa -
Harriet
Taglines:
Everyone should rule for a day.
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 Jan 2015
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Rating: 9/10
I attended Tribeca Film Festival 2015 to screen 'King Jack', this was
followed by a QNA with director Felix Thompson along with the cast and
crew.
I had only read a brief summary for this film before viewing as I
wanted to be spontaneous. From start till finish it really kept my
mouth open. King Jack is played by Charlie Plummer, the story follows a
boy growing up in a suburban area. Normally day consists of neglect and
bullying. Due to his aunt becoming sick, his cousin Ben played by Cory
Nichols has to stay with Jack and his family and this is the last thing
that Jack needs right now. With problems already occurring in Jack's
life, his cousin gets involved with Jack as he deals with his reality.
This movie beautifully analyses the use of friendship and finding that
point were you have a real emotion towards someone. Turning that mood
where you have no feelings to one that allow you to open up. This
perfectly describes a young boy's childhood in these kind of
circumstances.
As a directorial debut Felix Thompson completely won me over with a
rather funny first shot involved with a garage until the beautiful
ending that concluded a magnificent film that I will most certainly
catch again.
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