''Criminals Gone Wild'' is a

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed and produced by Ousala Aleem through his

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-based media studio FD Entertainment.

Content

The film chronicled the lives of several alleged

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s on rampages of crime sprees of robberies,

assault An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in crim ...

s, carjacks and

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

s. The film caused much controversy in the

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over the authenticity of the

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

s filmed.

Production

The film was originally released and distributed by Aleem in November 2007. The film was later distributed nationally through MVD.

Distribution

All standard copies of ''Criminals Gone Wild'' originally sold for $24.99. A deluxe edition was sold for $80 named the "crime pack combo" which included a copy of '' Grand Theft Auto: IV'' for whatever console the buyer chooses. Amazon stopped selling the DVD and YouTube took down the film's trailer.

Sequel

A sequel called ''Criminals Gone Wild 2: Menace to Humanity'' was filmed and planned to be released in 2009 but was cancelled due to piracy and legal concerns. The film was re-cut and released in September 2018.

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