Coping Mechanisms
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, Vancouver Preteen power fantasies don’t come any more entertaining than Jon Watts’ Amblin-on-adrenaline scenario. Wandering aimlessly, eight-year-old best friends Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays Wellford) happen upon an abandoned police car with the keys dangling from the ignition. What are they to do but take it for a joyride? Unfortunately for them, an extremely dirty cop (a villainous, moustachioed Kevin Bacon) needs what’s stowed in the trunk and sets off in hot pursuit. “There’s something mythic about the story unfolding before us…”—Vulture
Director: Jon Watts
Cast: Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim
Runtime: 88 mins
Runtime: 95 mins