The Powers That Be
– A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience..
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
16 Oct 2005
English, Spanish
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Barbara Kopple
Stephen Gaghan (story), Jessica Kaplan (story), Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)
Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn
A pair of naive young girls learn that even the most insignificant actions can have lasting consequences. Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and seeking to explore life outside of their insulated, culturally homogenized suburb, pretty young teenagers Allison and Emily set their sights on East L.A. to experience the "gangsta" lifestyle firsthand. By the time the pair meet a ruthless Mexican drug dealer named Hector, some true-life Latino gang-bangers, and realize just how far out of their element they really are, it may already be too late to turn back.
1 win & 4 nominations.
New Line Cinema