Loosely based on an actual 1981 murder case, the film stars Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, and Dennis Hopper. It focuses on a group of disaffected northern California teenagers who become embroiled in a crime when the girlfriend of one of their classmates is found murdered on a riverbank. Often cited as an example of nihilistic youth-oriented cinema, it has been cited as one of the darkest teen films ever made and I think served as a progenitor for films like Harmony Korine's "Kids" (1995), among others. I think it is a minor masterpiece, but it's not a pleasant watch.
I always found Dennis Hopper to be a fascinating actor. Young Keanu was gorgeous and Crispin Glover was strange but good. Not a bad movie.
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