Sunnyside (DVD)

New York City 1979. Every Jungle Needs a King. Joey Travolta (Oscar, Beverly Hills Cop III) makes his feature film debut as Nick Martin, a young tough guy from Sunnyside, Queens. He aspires to move his mother and two brothers to a better way of life, but he’s entangled in the politics of the street as the leader of the Nightcrawlers gang. When vendors at a local carnival swindle Sunnyside residents, the Nightcrawlers join forces with rival hooligans, the Warlocks and the Deathmakers, to rob the amusement park. But when violence erupts, Nick is forced to wage a turf war and choose between his family and the street. John Lansing (More American Graffiti), Stacey Pickren (Runaway Train), Andrew Rubin (Police Academy), Talia Balsam (TV’s Mad Men) and Michael Tucci (Grease) also star in this action-packed gangland drama from director Timothy Galfas (Black Fist, TV’s Night Gallery).