Blu-ray Review – The Killing of Bobby Greene

1994's "The Killing of Bobby Greene" plays like an adaptation of a YA novel. It deals with the rising violence of a teenager fearing he has no future, turning to crime to solve his problems while pulling his friends into a dangerous scheme. Writer/director/actor Mick McCleery hopes to put some real dramatic energy into the shot-on-video endeavor, but he only gets through the first act. There's something of a story to enjoy with early scenes in the feature, which explore a plot of revenge with a mild degree of interesting turns, but "The Killing of Bobby Greene" eventually runs out of steam, finding McCleery battling to find his way to a feature-length run time as dramatic repetition sets in, hurting a picture that hopes to deliver a snowballing sense of paranoia and threat. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com