Charm City Kings: Release Date, Trailer and More!

Charm City Kings is an American drama film that is about to be released on HBO Max. While it was first released at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, it has not been theatrically released yet. Angel Manuel Soto directed the movie and Sherman Payne wrote the screenplay while Kirk Sullivan, Barry Jenkins and Chris Boyd provided the story. The movie is based on the Lofty Nathan documentary, 12 O’Clock Boys. It was scheduled to be screened at the South by Southwest festival earlier in March 2020; however, the festival was cancelled due to the pandemic which delayed the release further. Is the movie worth watching? When does it come out? Read more to find out!

Charm City Kings: Plot and Cast

The movie is a coming of age drama about a fourteen year old boy, Mouse. He desperately wants to join the Baltimore extreme dirt biker gang called Midnight Clique. However, he also wants to become a veterinarian, which will mean forsaking his biking dream. Stuck in this dilemma, he deals with multiple events, including the death of his brother Stro.

Stro was shot and killed, which leads to Mouse idolising him. This annoys his mother Terri and cop Detective Rivers, who is worried about Mouse all the time. While Mouse contacts Rivers every single time he gets into a scrape, he also tries to hide his relationship with the detective from his friends.

The main point that the movie wants to drive is: who raises black boys and who do they look up to? Mouse tries to run away from figures who tell him what to do and leans more towards people like ex-con Blax and Midnight Clique leader Jamal, who give him the chance to act like an adult.

Jahi Di’Allo Winston plays Mouse, Meek Mill plays Blax, Will Catlett plays Detective Rivers and Teyonnah Parris plays Terri.

Charm City Kings: Release Date and Trailer

The movie is set to come out on HBO Max on October 8, 2020, months after its Sundance premiere. Watch the trailer below: