King and the Bear is an homage to the cop dramas of the 1970’s. Set in the gritty world of Chicago’s underbelly, the story follows special unit rookie Charlie Olstrum as he tries to discern who’s good and who’s bad in his unit. Meanwhile, Malcolm King and Mirko Berovic, Charlies superiors, are looking for the traitor who set them up for assassination 8 months ago.
Shot on a shoestring budget with principal crew members also working as leading cast members, King and the Bear is a tour de force of guerrilla film-making meets film school aesthetics…