1992

Mercer is a factory worker trying to pull his life back together after the Rodney King verdict and the outbreak of violence that followed in Los Angeles. He wants a steady job and a calmer relationship with his son, but the city is unraveling and tensions are everywhere. Across town a different father and son are at odds, driven by desperation into planning a risky theft of catalytic converters, which are valuable for the platinum inside them. As protests, riots, and opportunistic crime spread, the heist plan and Mercer’s attempts at repair move closer to one another. The film follows their intersecting choices and the mounting pressure on family ties, without giving away how those collisions end.

Directed by Ariel Vromen and created by Sascha Penn, the film was released in 2024 and features Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood, Ray Liotta, Dylan Arnold, and Oleg Taktarov in leading roles.

Box office figures for the film are not widely reported, and its release combined limited theatrical play with streaming availability in several markets. It appears to have reached audiences through a mix of platform windows rather than a long, wide box office run.

Set against a specific historical moment, the movie aims to connect past unrest with current anxieties about policing, inequality, and urban decay. Its use of catalytic converter theft as a plot device taps into real economic pressures that drive people to risky crimes, and the presence of recognizable actors gives the story a mainstream visibility that invites discussion about the era it portrays.

Audience scores put the film around a midrange, with a vote average of 6.864 out of 10 from 195 votes, suggesting mixed to moderately positive responses. Reviewers and viewers point to the strong father-son dynamics, the moral compromises characters make under stress, and the way social chaos intensifies personal conflicts as central themes.