- A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the "gangsta" lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.Running Time: 92 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DRAMA Rating:Â NR Age:Â 794043843228 UPC:Â 794043843228 Manufacturer No:Â N8432
A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the "gangsta" lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.After making her name in
The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway takes a radical detour with this edgy independent drama. As Allie, a wealthy gangsta wannabe, she makes no excuses for her delinquent behavior: "We're just teenagers and we're bored." When her Pacific Palisades posse, including pal Emily (
Bully's Bijou Phillips), starts hanging out with a Latino gang (including
Six Feet Under's Fre! ddy RodrÃguez), they learn what thug life is really about. Hathaway couldn't be more game: She swears, she fights--she disrobes (several times). Written and directed by Oscar winners Stephen Gaghan (
Traffic) and Barbara Kopple (
American Dream),
Havoc plays like a B movie, in the vein of the superior
crazy/beautiful, and was released straight to video. For Hathaway fans, it's a chance to see this young talent in a
very different light, but for Gaghan and Kopple followers, this lurid morality tale is sure to come as a letdown.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy
