King of the Jungle

A grim, street-level descent into grief and vengeance, carried by raw performance and a heavy sense of loss.

Directed by

Seth Zvi Rosenfeld

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Starring

John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, Julie Carmen

Tagline

He was just a kid in a man's body until his mother's killer made him a man with a gun.

Overview

Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life's simple pleasures are brutally torn from him when he witnesses his mother gunned down by a neighborhood punk. Now Seymore must overcome the child within as he rises up to fight for some kind of justice. It's a fight that will take him out into the streets where there are few friends and many enemies -- and one of them is a killer who wants him silenced.

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, revenge, trauma, isolation

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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