Charm City Kings

2020 125 min ★ 7.8 Drama

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.

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Cast

Jahi Di'Allo Winston

Mouse

Meek Mill

Blax

Teyonah Parris

Mouse’s Mom

William Catlett

Detective Rivers

Kezii Curtis

Sweartagawd

Donielle T. Hansley Jr.

Lamont

Milan Ray

Shay

Chandler DuPont

Nicki

Hero Hunter

Young Mouse

Robert Dobson

Street Crowd (uncredited)

Details

Director

Ángel Manuel Soto

Screenplay

Sherman Payne

Tagline

"Life happens at the crossroads."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Overbrook Entertainment, Warner Max, Sony Pictures

Reviews

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August 30, 2022

★ 6/10

Charm City Kings evokes such films as Boyz n’ the Hood, A Bronx Tale, and Torque. I know; one of those things isn’t like the others. The filmmakers, however, put the motorcycle fetish to good use, infusing it with imagery that’s almost religious in order to reveal its real-world impracticality. Mouse (Jahi Di'Allo Winston) is a bright 14-year-old boy with a natural affinity for and encyclopedic...