Johnny (1999)

The sociopathic leader of a gang of dropout squeegee kids coerces his followers into staging increasingly dangerous scenes for him to capture on videotape

Shot in Dogme Style!
First Rule of Dogme! The film cannot show fake action.
Everything must be real.
Second Rule of Dogme! The film must be shot on location without staged setups or props.
Third Rule of Dogme! The director's name will not be told.

Like Fight Club, Johnny is a portrait of power, obtained through any means? Charismatic, manipulative, sociopathic Johnny (Chris Martin) is the de facto leader of a gang of dropout kids who spend their days on the unforgiving streets of Toronto. On the surface they are a collective, in reality it is Johnny who's at the core. They revolve around him, seduced by his raw merciless power, sexuality and dark vision. They are blind to the truth that Johnny also is powerless in the face of his own painful reality. When Johnny gets his hands on a camcorder he coerces each of them into filming the increasingly dangerous scenes he masterminds, eventually spinning the whole gang out of control.