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After members of a Los Angeles gang carjack a vacationing family and steal their camcorder, the camera becomes a means by which to document a campaign of violence. 13-year old Kris, the newest member of the gang, will spend the summer learning about guns and drugs with older gang members Alonzo and Cyril as his teachers--and it .. Read more

Starring Darontay McClendon, Darris Love, Don Cambell
Director Adam Ripp
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Gang Tapes

After members of a Los Angeles gang carjack a vacationing family and steal their camcorder, the camera becomes a means by which to document a campaign of violence. 13-year old Kris, the newest member of the gang, will spend the summer learning about guns and drugs with older gang members Alonzo and Cyril as his teachers--and it will all be on tape. This brutal and controversial independent feature from writer/director Adam Ripp is an unflinching look at the roots of urban violence.

Starring Darontay McClendon, Darris Love, Don Cambell
Director Adam Ripp
Studio MIA VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 20 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Mar 2004
Format DVD

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Shocking and Revealing

    Gang Tapes begins with a vacationing family being carjacked in urban

    California by several gangbangers, who not only took the family's minivan

    but also their camcorder.

    The most impressive thing about 'Gang Tapes' was that the entire film was

    believably told through the perspective of the family's stolen video

    camera. The camera landed in the hands of Kris, a fourteen-year-old

    African man who was beginning his downfall into gang life. We watch as

    Kris gets more attached to the local gang, led by Alonz. Kris filmed his

    first sexual encounter, a robbery, and a drive by shooting that he rode

    along for, all while his mother seemed unfortunately unaware of his

    behavior. The camera became part of the story. It wasn't just Kris'

    perspective. In the end, it was our own as well. Thus, the camera itself

    was a character, not merely existing just to solely propagate the

    storyline.

    Perhaps just as impressive as the filming technique was the story itself,

    which offered both a revealing and shocking look at how these young men

    can become immersed in lives of violence. The viewer saw what Kris saw. I

    felt as if I was eavesdropping from behind the safety of the camera, only

    to find this safety net stripped away by the movie's strong sense of

    realism.

      • A customer from Renfrewshire
      • Posted 26 Jul 2004 15:40

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  • Rated - 3 stars

    who should watch

    this is a good movie from a philosophical viewpoint and anyone who lives in a rough neighbourhood should watch it coz it will tell you to cop the F on

      • Anonymous
      • Posted 21 Oct 2004 17:46

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      After members of a Los Angeles gang carjack a vacationing family and steal their camcorder, the camera becomes a means by which to document a campaign of violence. 13-year old Kris, the newest member of the gang, will spend the summer learning about guns and drugs with older gang members Alonzo and ...