Harvard researcher beaten to a pulp after asking gang of teens to keep quiet during screening at AMC movie theater
Thiago Rentz, 35, was seeing a late-night showing of the new horror film Weapons at the AMC Boston Common 19 last week when things got frightening off-screen.
A group of five teens in the theater loudly clapped and screamed throughout the screening, ruining the experience for everyone, Rentz said.
So he took matters into his own hands and told them to quiet down.
'I ask them for respect, I ask them to leave the theater, because we just wanted to watch the movie,' he told NBC Boston.
When the movie ended, Rentz and his friend tried to leave the theater but the teens blocked him and began to attack.
'It was one, me, against five,' Rentz told NBC Boston.
'They just punched me. I didn't fight back. I was like scared and then I just faced the wall, and I just protected my face in my head, but the target was obviously my head because they were punching my head and my face,' he continued.
His friend ran away for help and eventually found a cleaning lady in the theater who led them to security.
Emergency responders arrived, and it wasn't until around 30 minutes later that the police came to take his statement.
According to the statement, Rentz said he was assaulted at 12:15 am by five juvenile males.
He described the suspects as skinny black men in hoodies wearing all-black clothes, according to the police statement.
'I want the attackers to be identified because they need to be punished,' he told NBC Boston.
Rentz added that he has heard nothing from AMC since the incident.
He is calling for better security precautions - especially at late-night showings.
'Harassment is not good in a public space,' Rentz told NBC Boston. 'This is absurd, so I think they need to hire more people to work as security.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to AMC for comment.
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