Bomb It (2008)

Jon Reiss' globetrotting documentary may not move people to hug their local graffiti tagger, but it at least gives context to a practice that many urbanites view as mindless vandalism.

The kinetic editing that keeps bopping from continent to continent never lets up, and it's often impossible to absorb the impressive array of images.

Bomb It offers a new way of looking at the world's cities, courtesy of the art world's fleeting phantoms, who often have to choose between buying food or a can of spray paint.

Bomb It! is a brisk and bracing portrait of the state of the art. Of course, the fact that the art is often a crime comes up ...

Bomb It lays out the history of graffiti art better than any other work that we can remember, and at the core of the film is a poignant social statement.