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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeUsing Baltimore’s dirt-bike groups as its entry point, the film offers a remarkable grassroots look at how the system is broken at the inner-city level.
- 80Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonWhat lingers in Nathan's documentary isn't the swaggering trails of diesel fumes. It's the sadness of watching Pug narrow his options.
- 80The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasAs reticent as Nathan is to cast explicit judgment, the film shows the tragic impasse between a street culture that’s reckless and provocative, and a police force that exacerbates the problem with heavy-handed tactics.
- 75Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaIt constantly divides itself between fulfilling the conventions of the informational talking-heads documentary and aiming for a more poetically impressionistic quality.
- 75The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAt just 75 minutes, the movie doesn’t wear out its welcome, though its shapelessness can be frustrating; it ends abruptly, on a moment that could be interpreted as a triumph or as a profound loss, and it doesn’t seem to care much what one concludes.
- 75Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanApart from its sociological interest, though, Nathan's film offers the pleasure of some really impressive stunt driving.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonA little too rough around the edges to fully engage.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThere’s bleakness in the beauty: What begins as a personal coming-of-age story ends as a tragic tale of a community’s stunted adolescence.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanCoco’s angry frustration, Pug’s bruised confusion, and the police helicopters constantly hovering above the defiant bikers say enough.