《Boy Wonder: VFF Podcast Episode 3》 - 免费有声读物

This episode we talk with the film maker of "Boy Wonder" an interesting and dark movie about a new kind of superhero. In this riveting and gritty psychological-thriller, a young boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother during a Brooklyn car-jacking ⦠leaving him to be raised by his alcoholic father (Bill Sage). Now a 17-year-old loner, Sean Donovan (Caleb Steinmeyer) is relentlessly haunted by his past and obsessed with finding his motherâs killer.Drawn into a nocturnal urban underworld, Seanâs consuming rage is vented one night, defending himself from a chaotic attack by a drug dealer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. Investigating a series of vigilante murders, hot-shot new homicide detective Teresa Ames (Zulay Henao) â broken by her own troubled life â takes an interest in Sean and his case. Yet the closer Teresa gets, the more suspicious she becomes. Engaged in a twisting game of cat and mouse, Sean and Teresa become allies by day ⦠and enemies by night.But what is a real hero? Who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries between justice and vengeance blur, Seanâs dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding.Like a graphic novel you canât put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.Written and directed by Michael Morrissey, who makes his feature film debut.