Boys Don't Cry

The first time I ever saw this movie, it freaked me out! After I saw it I felt weird and sad at the same time. Boys Don't Cry was about 20 year-old Brandon Teena who left for Falls City, Nebraska in the early 1990s, one night with some new found friends she met in a bar during a brawl. She left with them to get away from the problems she was having in her town. They all liked him and Brandon started liking one of the group's girls, Lana. It seemed that the only thing these six people were interested in was having a good time and they did but what the group didn't know at first was that their new friend Brandon, played by Hilary Swank, was really female. In a small hick town like Falls City, it was a dangerous thing to be dressing and acting like the opposite sex or being openly gay. Soon, however, Lana and Brandon became an item but Brandon's roommate, Candice, found something that could only belong to a female. She asked Lana about Brandon but Lana insisted she didn't know what she was talking about. Soon the news about Candice's suspicions got around to the whole group and that's when the violent and crazy John and Tom took it upon themselves to literally show Lana what her boyfriend really was. After that, it wasn't enough for John and Tom so they grabbed Brandon as he was leaving Lana's house and beat and raped him near an abandoned building. Brandon managed to escape and ran back to Lana's house. He was taken to the hospital and then questioned by the police. The police were of no help and were cruel to Brandon. Some days later, John and Tom went looking for Brandon and found him in Candice's house where they proceeded to kill her and Brandon. The saddest part about this movie was that it's a true story. This film is very graphic and tells it like it is so I don't recommend it for everybody.