King Jack

King Jack is a 2015 American coming-of-age adventure drama film written and directed by Felix Thompson in his directorial debut. The film stars Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Christian Madsen, Daniel Flaherty, Erin Davie and Chloe Levine, and follows a 15-year-old boy who befriends his introverted cousin while facing off against a sadistic school bully.

Plot

Jack, a scrappy 15-year-old boy, bonds with his introverted cousin while facing off against a bully.

Cast

Charlie Plummer as Jack
Cory Nichols as Ben
Christian Madsen as Tom
Daniel Flaherty as Shane
Erin Davie as Karen
Chloe Levine as Holly
Yainis Ynoa as Harriet
Melvin Mogoli as Beavan
Keith Leonard as Officer Pete
Francis Piscopo as Eric

Release

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015.

Reception

In the Los [Angeles Times], Michael Rechtsaffen wrote that "thanks to a strongly rooted lead performance by Charlie Plummer as a 15-year-old small-town kid who's well on his way to a stint in juvenile detention, "King Jack" still strikes a resonant chord." On IndieWire, David Ehrlich wrote that "writer-director Felix Thompson's first film is a sensitive and self-possessed debut that clocks in at 76 minutes and doesn't waste a single one of them"