BOOGIE BOY (1997)

MORGAN'S RATING

After being released from prison, Jesse Page backs his old friend Larry up on a drug deal gone sour. With the drug dealers hot on his trail, Jesse has three days to reach Detroit where a new, clean, legitimate life awaits him. Along the way, his ties to his junkie, criminal past are put to the test...what is true friendship made of? How far should loyalty go? These are questions Jesse must answer on the road to his new life in this gritty thriller.

Mark Dacascos (Jesse), Emily Lloyd (Hester), Jaimz Woolvett (Larry), Frederic Forrest (Edsel Dundee), Traci Lords (Shonda), Joan Jett (Jerk), Robert Bauer (Breeze), Ben Browder (Freddie), Tony Bruno (The Rocket Brutes), Phil Culotta (Mike), Brett R. Goetsch (Roadie), John Hawkes (T-Bone), Ethan Jensen (Dave), Sean Koos (The Rocket Brutes), John Koyama (Lawrence), James Lew (Jason), Michael Pena (Drug Dealer), Linnea Quigley (Gretchen), Jonathan Scarfe (Leland), Karen Sheperd (Marlene), Scott Sowers (Bulldog), Rich Turner (Bartender), Eric Vincent Cruse (Bar Patron, uncredited).

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Craig Hamann. WRITER: Craig Hamann. PRODUCER: Braddon Mendelson. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Jacque Allen and James Lew. CO-PRODUCERS: Cathryn James and Todd King. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Roger Avary and Ash R. Shah. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Tim Truman and Joan Jett (song "Full Cycle"). DISTRIBUTOR: Sterling Home Entertainment.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Can't decide if it wants to be an action film or a heroin drama, and does both pretty badly. A few decent action scenes and some howlingly bad-funny dialogue though."   -- Brian McKay, EFilmCritic.com

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: November 17th, 1998 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE)