Stryker is the story of a drugs and prostitution turf battle in North Winnipeg between Native and Filipino/Asian gangs. It's very gritty and at times rather violent, just as you imagine the real lives of people in such neighborhoods really are. The story follows Stryker (a term for a wannabe gang banger) a young teen pyromaniac from a northern native reservation who hops a train to Winnipeg and gets caught up in the middle of the gang battle. The gangs are led on the one hand by Mama Ceece head of the Indian Posse (IP) a young native lesbian just out of jail and looking to take her turf back from Omar a half-breed former exotic dancer who leads the Asian Bomb Squad full of buff Filipino guys who spend their time working out at Omar's lair. Omar rules over an empire of drug dealing and tranny prostitutes but the drug overlords are upset that he owes them a large sum of money. It's a story I've certainly never seen told before. The film has an excellent Indian hip-hop sound track and terrific cinematography. I highly recommend this very indie film.
