With a combination of teenage bravado, US crime culture swagger and extreme Islamic ideology, the “Fourtwozero (420)” gang is Hezbollah meets Hollywood.
Nearly a dozen sons of refugees who fled war-torn countries such as Afghanistan have embraced the violent culture of their homeland through a modern silver-screen lens to roam Parramatta’s streets as “soldiers”.
The number 420 is a nationally recognised “bad” number in Afghanistan, used to describe someone who is dangerous and dishonest.