King Kelly

King Kelly

Year: 2012

Runtime: 84 min

Language: English

Director: Andrew Neel

Comedy

Two teenage social media influencers share their adventurous lives with the world through online videos. Their popularity grows as they document their escapades, but the lines between their online persona and reality begin to blur. They soon find themselves facing unexpected consequences as they struggle to manage the pressures and challenges that come with living life under constant scrutiny and public attention.

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The film centers on a young woman who pursues online fame while secretly moving drugs around Long Island. She keeps a constant camera in hand, documenting her life, and also takes on dangerous courier work to fund her lifestyle. On July 4, the ex-boyfriend reclaims the car he financed, only to uncover a hidden heroin package in the trunk that she was supposed to deliver. A failed attempt with a friend to reclaim the car sparks a tense family birthday gathering, a heated argument with an aunt, and the young woman wandering off on foot.

At a friend’s party, she flirts with Jordan’s partner and learns from a drug contact that recovering the missing heroin—worth about $20,000—is essential to avoid deadly consequences from the drugs’ owner. The situation harshly reveals the stakes: there is real danger if the package isn’t recovered.

Kelly patches things with Jordan, and the two drive in Jordan’s father’s SUV to track down Ryan, learning he took the car to a club on Staten Island. Both are under the influence of ADHD medication and cocaine, and their night spirals into chaos as they crash the SUV into a tree.

Desperate, she reaches out to her biggest fan, a state trooper known as Poo Bare. He helps locate the car, but the heroin isn’t there; he then tries to leverage the situation, posing coercive demands in exchange for pressuring Ryan to reveal the missing package. After further misadventures, they finally recover the heroin from Ryan’s dad’s garage.

Early on July 5, the group goes to a motel. Poo Bare keeps Ryan and Jordan in the bathroom—Ryan handcuffed to the toilet—and a tense confrontation unfolds, culminating in Ryan shooting Poo Bare with the trooper’s gun before fleeing. Kelly abandons Poo Bare and, with Jordan, pursues Ryan. They lose him, and Jordan screams, forgetting her phone. A video of Kelly from earlier in the film surfaces online, and the comments are harsh. Emotionally overwhelmed, Kelly turns to a pile of cheeseburgers for comfort.

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