After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Acting
Philipponnat's twitchy desperation sells the impossible setup.
Direction
Danner keeps the street-level chaos uncomfortably intimate.
Director
Michelle Danner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elisabeth Röhm and director Michelle Danner previously collaborated on multiple indie projects, developing a shorthand for morally gray authority figures.
The film quietly mirrors real 'reverse stings' where minors were coerced into dangerous undercover work, a practice increasingly restricted after public outcry.
US
