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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.2/10, Metacritic 38/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,598 2010s crime movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown, leaving behind his best friend, Loux. He escapes to the nearest city, where he is inducted into a gang of child street thieves. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, murder, and corruption. 15 years later, he has forgotten his past and become the leader of this band of lost children. When Loux moves to the city in search of work, she takes a job with a struggling private investigator. Stumbling upon Oscar's missing child report, she takes it upon herself to find the boy who saved her life.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- John SwabWriter
- John SwabDirector
- Will BatesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ron PerlmanBirdie
- Michael PittOscar
- William ForsytheAugustus
- Mark Boone JuniorSway
- Kylie RogersYoung Peaches
- Isiah Whitlock Jr.Lester
- Renée WillettKeryn
- Dree HemingwayPeaches
- Brad CarterPersey
- George CarrollFlannery
- Darryl CoxCongressman
- Sam QuartinLoux
