Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Thomas Mann | ... | Tobias Hammel | |
Lucy Fry | ... | Alexis Hayes | |
Logan Huffman | ... | Ellis Tynes | |
Guillermo Arribas | ... | Fidel | |
Amy Hargreaves | ... | Ingrid | |
Bill Sage | ... | Mike Hammel | |
Dylan Blue | ... | Dennis | |
Robert Gorrie | ... | Ben | |
Jessica Rothe | ... | Laura | |
Sam Page | ... | Mr. Jennings | |
Hemky Madera | ... | Raul | |
Nat DeWolf | ... | Mr. Gaines | |
Tom Tammi | ... | Dr. Fielding | |
Doug Plaut | ... | Chuck | |
Cilda Shaur | ... | Peg Atherton |
Based on a true story of a prep school student who smuggled $300k of uncut cocaine into the US in 1984. THE PREPPIE CONNECTION chronicles the exploits of a group of private school students who ran a drug distribution operation in the early 1980s. The story centers on Toby, the lower-class scholarship student, who uses his street cred and access to drugs to make friends with the popular kids, eventually allowing him to cultivate a drug trafficking network. Toby gets in far over his head as he leads his friends into the dangerous world of Colombian drug cartels.
Sometimes people wonder, why and how kids who have it all, got into trouble. Be it stealing, rampaging or as in this case, dealing with drugs. You can't judge some by the cover or by the appearance. So even rich kids get bored and want to have "fun". Or just do things that they are not allowed to do. And having an adventure, like going to another country and buying drugs there.
This real life story that we get served here, has quite some impact and is also a coming of age story. Even someone who is considered a reasonable kid may go the wrong way/route. In this case, he may say that a girl was the reason, but there is more to it. It is the respect (if you can call it that) he got from it). But is it worth it all? I would say no, but watch and judge for yourself. It's one thing to try something for fun ... it's another thing to dabble in things you cannot comprehend ...