The Land (2016)
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
The Land (2016)
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Released Year: 2016
Runtime: 102 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Steven Caple Jr.
Writers: Steven Caple Jr.
Casts: Kim Coates, Michael Kenneth Williams, Joe Fishel, Moisés Arias, Natalie Martinez, Linda Emond, Rafi Gavron, Rod Fielder, Tom Kondilas, Nicole Tubbs, Ashleigh Morghan, Alexander Dean Williams, Dan Anders, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael Ray Escamilla, Deborah Charity, Dontez James, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Ezri Walker, Erykah Badu, Deanna Sherman, Christopher Amitrano, Pauline Nowakowski, Ryan Mulkay, Scott Garan, Jessica Jones, Davis Aguila, Megan Brautigam, Nadia Simms, Kelly Saunders Childs, Mark Salas, Shawn Weston Thacker, Robert Hunter, Melvin Gregg, Andy Tarr, Dominique Paramore, Aswan Harris, Cherie McClain, Trinh Ann, Karin Boesler, Mrva Russell, Rex Alba, Jostein Sagnes
IMDB: The Land (2016)
Storyline
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
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RogerEbert.com -
The Land won’t win any awards for originality of premise. And the movie, after that premise comes into play, tends to meander more than a suspense story ought to. It meanders for the best reason, though, which is to help the viewer get to know the characters.
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Consequence of Sound -
It isn’t the gritty, realistic portrayal of life on the streets that Caple might have been going for — he’s too poetic a filmmaker for that — but it lends shape and color to a truth that too many inner-city kids know too well: It doesn’t matter if you care about the future. The future doesn’t give a shit about you.
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Village Voice -
The violence, when it comes, is ugly and tragic, as it should be — The Land makes no promises about glory. But the hangout moments fizz with the boys' likable chemistry, and the scenes of suspense, which pick up toward the end, are always arresting and mostly understated, scored to nervous breathing and the ambient bustle of streets at night.
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Slant Magazine -
Writer-director Steven Caple Jr.'s social-realist tendencies run up against some unconvincing genre elements.
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Los Angeles Times -
The Cleveland locations — along with some memorable visual flourishes via skateboard tricks — show that Caple has a unique eye and a strong sense of place. Here’s hoping that next time he applies them to a fresher story.
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Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.