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Summary: "Evil Is... As Evil Does"
Review: When I bought this movie awhile back, I knew practically nothing about it, except that Scott Bairstow was in it, one of my favorite actors. Even if he hadn't starred in it, I would have enjoyed it anyway."Black Circle Boys", which is based on a true story, follows Kyle Sullivan (played by Scott Bairstow), who is a lonely teenager new to town and gets involved with a Satanic group of guys known as the Black Circle Boys. They spend all of their time getting wasted, beating people up (including their high school security guard), breaking into homes, and pretty much doing anything else destructive and illegal. The leader of the group, Shane Carver (Eric Mabius), is completely psychotic and, from the beginning, let's Kyle know he shouldn't make an enemy out of him, which of course Kyle does when he wants to leave the group. For the most part, "Black Circle Boys" is a pretty dark film. If you can handle watching most of the things I mentioned above (i.e., drug use, strong profanity, and violence, which escalates to a couple of murders), then you'll probably be ok with this movie. I thought the acting was terrific, the characters were believable, and the moody Northwest setting was perfect (filmed around where I live: in the Puget Sound area). For Lisa Loeb fans, the singer makes a small appearance in a bar as the "angry woman" who tries to attack Shane as the group first walks in. Blink and you'll miss it. The only thing that bothered me about "Black Circle Boys" was the cat killing scene, which is why I gave this movie a "4" instead of a "5". The scene isn't very graphic, for those who are squeamish, but I'm not very tolerant about killing animals. Other than that, this is a great film. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Best movie i've ever seen
Review: When I first passed by this movie at my Blockbuster, I was intrigued by the cover and decided to investigate further by reading the back of the sleeve. ...About the movie:
The reason I bought it was that the plot had glued me to the screen and was very entertaining. The acting was superb...especially by Eric Mabius (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Crow 3). The story is about Kyle, an All-American High School swimmer, who becomes depressed after his friend dies during a celebratory party. His parents move to a new city and in order to fit in, he begins to spend time with the School headbangers- The Black Circle Boys. This group of Satan-worshipping goths/misfits begin to take up more of the Kyle's time as he becomes close with the group's leader- the fanatical Shane Carver (Eric Mabius). Fun and drugs begin to turn to criminal acts as Kyle becomes deeper involved with the group. Finally all spins out of control and results in murder. Though some might initially categorize this movie with other teen-pop horror flicks such as Scream (maybe because of Mark Wahlberg and the young supporting cast)... [It] is a movie that does not hold back and will entertain viewers for years to come.
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Summary: Decent little movie
Review: When I rented this I was expecting to see a schlocky B-movie, not exactly four star entertainment. I mean, c'mon, it has Donnie Wahlberg in it. I was pleasantly surprised though, at how good it actually turned out to be. The description was kind of misleading, I felt. It kind of portrayed BCB as an afterschool special. It's not that hokey. Furthermore I was surprised to find that it's based on a true story. So to all the critics who felt the ending was kind of flat I say: What were you expecting, an ending a la the Americanized Clockwork Orange? Anyway, it's an excellent movie that I would recommend to just about anyone [...]
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