A perfect slacker film that is re-watchable without missing a beat anytime. This film has several plots as James LeGros' ("Living in Obilivion's" could-be-Brad Pitt clone) John Boyz deals with life in L.A.after the last (and hopefully, for everybody, the LAST) riot there.
It's kind of like Richard Linklater's "Slacker" and "Waking Life" except it focuses on Boyz in his hood. (There's even a joke about that.) There are cameos galore -- Steve Buscemi, Ethan Hawke, John Cuscak, some of the old "In Living Color" cast, etc. -- and since it was filmed in the L.A. area it contains actual footage (stock and directed) of the area during the infamous 90's wake-up call. My bet: just follow John around: he'll offend you; he'll do weird things with his mind (with or without drugs); and God knows he'll make you say WTF?, but his ride his never boring once you get to know him. So ride along with him, and wish him well as he fades out into the sunset, because if anybody can be John Boyz, it is us.
It's kind of like Richard Linklater's "Slacker" and "Waking Life" except it focuses on Boyz in his hood. (There's even a joke about that.) There are cameos galore -- Steve Buscemi, Ethan Hawke, John Cuscak, some of the old "In Living Color" cast, etc. -- and since it was filmed in the L.A. area it contains actual footage (stock and directed) of the area during the infamous 90's wake-up call. My bet: just follow John around: he'll offend you; he'll do weird things with his mind (with or without drugs); and God knows he'll make you say WTF?, but his ride his never boring once you get to know him. So ride along with him, and wish him well as he fades out into the sunset, because if anybody can be John Boyz, it is us.