Outsiders (2021) (original) (raw)
When Black high school student Jaylen Brown (Skylan Brooks) finds himself under suspicion after his classmate, Amira (Clark Backo), disappears during a party, all fingers point toward him as prejudice quickly boils to the surface in his small southern town. Working against the clock to clear his name and uncover the truth about Amira's mysterious disappearance, Jaylen begins to unravel a massive web of secrets that reveal otherworldly forces at play.
When Black high school student Jaylen Brown (Skylan Brooks) finds himself under suspicion after his classmate, Amira (Clark Backo), disappears during a party, all fingers point toward him as prejudice quickly boils to the surface in his small southern town. Working against the clock to clear his name and uncover the truth about Amira's mysterious disappearance, Jaylen begins to unravel a massive web of secrets that reveal otherworldly forces at play. (less)
Starring: Skylan Brooks, Taryn Manning, Shane West, Rutina Wesley, Clark Backo, Diamond White
Review by Brian Orndorf, March 10, 2022
4 / 10
It�s important to note that �Outsiders� is being sold as an alien encounter film, with the studio trying to lure an audience typically drawn to tales of weird happenings with strange invaders. There�s a component of the unknown to the screenplay, but this feature is most certainly not the experience marketing efforts are pushing. Instead of danger time with the grays, writer Tucker Morgan and director Delmar Washington hope to use genre fixings to best amplify their social realism material, which examines the experience of a few black characters moving into a remote southern town. There�s a mo ...read more...
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