The Boys Next Door (1985 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Boys Next Door


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director = Penelope Spheeris
producer =
writer = Glen Morgan
James Wong
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starring = Charlie Sheen
Maxwell Caulfield
music =
cinematography = Arthur Albert
editing =
distributor = New World Pictures
released = 1985
runtime = 91 min.
country = U.S.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0090770

"The Boys Next Door" is a 1985 relatively unknown independent drama/adventure movie, about two young men Bo played by Charlie Sheen and Roy played by Maxwell Caulfield, on the verge of adult life, whose bleak futures project them on a grim and violent adventure, before the mundane reality of working in a dead-end factory becomes as far as they are allowed to live the American dream. Angry, bitter and with no hope for their future, they embark on a frightening and disturbing orgy of sex, drink, violence and murder.

Taglines

*"Day by day, they're changing the face of America...and they're barely old enough to vote."
*"It's in the look. It's in the touch. It's in the eyes. It's the latest style...IN MADNESS."
*"It's more than a motion picture...It's a warning."
*"They're trapped...They don't fit in...What happens when there's no way out?"
*"Young, handsome, desirable, deadly"
*"This is their story

Plot Summary

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to Los Angeles. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout the film.They start by severely beating a gas station attendant after accusing him of short changing them. (They claim to have given him $6 when he clearly shows them the 2 $1 bills he was given.) Then Roy throws an empty beer bottle in the air and it hits an elderly lady in the head, and after they get chastised by a bunch of girls for it, they nearly take one on an unexpected joyride.Many run-ins with others lead to more deaths, including a girl named Angie when she decided she wanted Bo instead of Roy.Eventually they are found and tracked by the FBI. When they are finally cornered at a shopping mall, Roy and Bo have a standoff, which leads to Bo shooting Roy dead, and Bo ends up in prison.

Cast

*Roy Alston - Maxwell Caulfield
*Bo Richards - Charlie Sheen
*Angie - Patti D'Arbanville
*Detective Mark Woods - Christopher McDonald
*Detective Ed Hanley - Hank Garrett
*Chris - Paul C. Dancer
*Boyfriend - Richard Pachorek
*Girlfriend - Lesa Lee
*Dwayne - Kenneth Cortland
*Nancy - Moon Unit Zappa
*Bonnie - Dawn Schneider
*Shakir - Kurt Christian
*Mr. Heaton - Don Draper
*Bartender - Blackie Dammett
*Gutfield - Phil Rubenstein

Also Known As

*Big Shots.
*Blind Rage (USA) (working title (video title))
*Death Takes a Holiday (USA) (working title)

External links

*imdb title|id=0090770|title=The Boys Next Door