Homeless pyro meets metal sculptor. Together they weaponize art school pretension against actual criminals.
An abused runaway with pyromaniac tendencies teams up with a metal sculptor. Together they blow away the art world and a local crime boss.
Acting
Brendan Fletcher's feral, wounded intensity before he was famous.
Production
Seattle grunge decay captured at its most authentically ugly.
Director
Robert McGinley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brendan Fletcher was 17 during filming and lied about his age to get the role. The pyrotechnics were largely practical because the budget couldn't afford digital effects.
Shot in 1996 but shelved until 1999, making it a time capsule of pre-dot-com Seattle desperation that Nirvana killed itself to escape. The metal sculpture scenes inspired actual found-object weaponry in later indie crime films.
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