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Waste of time

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Absolutely Brilliant!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

CIRCUIT Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: MonoA gay police officer (Jonathan Wade Drahos) is outed at work and subsequently relocates to LA where he becomes involved in the 'circuit party' lifestyle and is almost destroyed by its worst excesses...Filmed in digital video format by director/co-writer (and former 'Playgirl' centerfold) Dirk Shafer, CIRCUIT casts an uncritical eye over the circuit party scene, exposing the highs and lows of a subculture driven by sexual excess. Drahos toplines a relatively unknown cast as the wide-eyed innocent torn asunder by corrupting influences, though he's upstaged by former soap actor Andre Khabazzi ("The Young and the Restless", "Sunset Beach") as a pumped-up party boy who refuses to have sex with anyone unless they pay for it, and is obsessed with growing old and losing his beauty (there are moments in the film when Shafer's camera lingers on Khabbazi's sculpted body, culminating in a memorable sequence where Khabazzi indulges his characters' narcissism in front of a full-length mirror). Equally impressive is Daniel Kucan as an aspiring filmmaker who records a series of video interviews with his circuit party friends (including Drahos, in a beautifully acted sequence where he's so spaced-out he can barely speak). Further down the cast list, veterans William Katt and Nancy Allen are reunited on-screen for the first time since CARRIE (1976), and while they both appear to enjoy playing against type, their roles seem pretty superfluous. Kiersten Warren and Brian Lane Green are solid as the only true friends in Drahos' life, and 80's pop sensation Paul Lekakis makes his screen debut as an erotic performance artist whose acts of self-mutilation will horrify all but the most hardened masochists. You have been warned! Director Shafer revels in the beautiful gym-buffed bodies which form a crucial aspect of the circuit party scene, and he also includes a number of relatively chaste sexual encounters, mostly tender, sometimes dark and disturbing, always credible. The movie's production values are OK, and Shafer demonstrates a genuine cinematic awareness, helped by solid technical support all round. Look quickly for brief cameos by Craig Chester (SWOON), writer/comedian Bruce Vilanch (GET BRUCE) and director Randal Kleiser (THE BLUE LAGOON). Sensitive viewers are advised that the climactic party sequence contains prolonged flashing-light effects.

This is not a bad film at all and even though I have no clue I presume that it gives a pretty accurate picture of what the "circuit" is like.The problem, though, is that you never really start to care for the anyone, except - maybe - towards the end for Hector Ray when he finally realizes that he loves John and that his life is really pretty empty. We never seem to get to know any of the characters well enough to care for them and thus the film becomes longish and at times boring.

A small town gay man move to big city for his inside dream. plot and story is not really important in this film. But Andre Khabazzi as Hector did great acting. He is only one character who can make this film worthy to see. But yes, if you want to see gay film, you can find this interesting. And some other characters just come and go and even unimportant scene we can see in this film. But I enjoy to see this film again, to see Andre Khabazzi or Hector play his role.

A gay, small town cop John (Jonathan Wade Drahow), moves to LA and becomes involved with a high-priced prostitute Hector (Andre Khabbazi) who starts him on drugs and circuit parties. In no time, John is hooked on drugs and destroying his life. The message--drugs and circuit parties are bad. Gee...no kidding!!Very obvious, overlong, boring, disjointed. The plot goes rambling all over the place. There are way too many characters and way too many obvious plots. It's also way too long (130 minutes).As for the acting--boy oh boy! Drahow is horrible in the lead. He's too old for the role and his idea of acting is just grinning stupidly at everything. Even worse is Kiersten Warren as his best straight friend--God was she lousy! Everyone else was just as bad except for Khabbazi--he was very good. He's exceptionally handsome, has a great body and is one hell of an actor. His character is the only one I cared for. There are plenty of handsome guys, great bodies, ample nudity (no frontals though) and fairly explict sex--but you have to put up with lousy acting and a horrible script. The film looks bad too. It's almost worth seeing for the guys--ALMOST! Sadly, this is a must miss.