Mikey, who experienced his parents' miserable marriage firsthand, was often humiliated and abused by the rest of the group and had at least two previous instances in which he attempted to commit suicide.

JoJo, a local drug dealer with a history of violence and arrests, agrees to bury Mark's body for a payment of $500 and a severed thumb.

The group spends the rest of the night doing various criminal acts in attempt to scrap up money, such as a failed drug deal and an armed robbery at a convenience store.

[1] Stabile, who later attended a film course at New York University, was inspired to turn the story into a movie after watching Kevin Smiths Clerks.

[2] Using $5,000 in inheritance he received from his grandmother's passing, filming for the feature began in 1994 and took about three years to complete, with only a 16mm camera utilized due to costs.

[4] Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four, concluding his review by stating that "there are flashes of life here, a feeling of immediacy in the camera style, a lot of energy--and promise.

It combines the Bill Laswell-composed score with excerpts from the film and songs contributed by several artists, such as Lordz of Brooklyn, Local H, Everlast, Cake, Call O' Da Wild, Cypress Hill and Jake.