Uneasy riders.

• Author: Feeney, Matthew
• Position: Briefly Noted - 12 O'Clock Boys - Movie review - Brief article

Lofty Nathan's film 12 O'Clock Boys follows Pug, a boy from West Baltimore, as he tries to join the dirt bike group that gives the documentary its name. The group has no clear goal other than riding at high speed through Charm City. Local police are under orders not to pursue the riders, on the grounds that the pursuit would likely endanger the public more than the riders do themselves, but clashes are inevitable.

Pug's yearning to join the gang illuminates the bleak prospects for a young person in Baltimore. He turns to the gang for companionship and role...