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A routine trick propels a tall, dark, cynical hustler into a series of life-changing encounters in this drama. But this amicable and sexually efficient rent boy begins to look at himself differently when he finds himself lost in a maze-like apartment building. As he wanders through the building, he tricks with a variety of johns; sex is the commonality, but out of that commodity comes raw, unguarded emotions for all.
Release : | 2010 |
Rating : | 6.8 |
Studio : | TLA Releasing, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Ben Bonenfant Nick Frangione Raphael Barker Artem Mishin Carlo D'Amore |
Genre : | Drama |
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The Worst Film Ever
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
A hustler who works his way through an apartment complex shedding each layer of himself to appease his lovers. The film explores man's sexual appetite. From physical lust to emotional longing, it uncovers the different types of sexual relationship. Amidst this hustler's apathetic sexual transactions lies the potential for love. This movie is not for everyone. If you're eyes demand a quick f*ck - look to porn. If you're looking for a mind f*ck - a complex and gripping emotional hurricane that is both raw and unapologetic. This is your movie. One that tells a story yet leaves much to interpretation. It requests of its audience to do more than gaze but engage in this work of art. Truly Amazing.
Eerie, expressionistic tale of a young hustler who somehow can't leave the building where he has come to serve a client. Hallways twist and turn and dead-end, and instead of finding his way out, he keeps stumbling into one odd, desperate life after another. Yet the point of view is compassionate and curious. The young man matures and learns as he goes, an especially touching and wondrous process. The film is driven by a superb, understated performance by Ben Bonenfant, a regional theater star (with a specialty in Shakespeare) who is not often seen in films. He helps bring it all together beautifully. Director Joseph Graham (Beautiful Something) makes a powerful visual statement about the tenderness, vulnerability and need of lives that seem perverse or on the edge. Dare I say it, in the end the weirdness becomes heartwarming. A stunning achievement.
I promise you I've seen porn movies with better plot. Actually, don't expect a plot, there is no any. No scene worth remembering either. The dialogs are the poorest you'll find in cinema. The characters lack any depth whatsoever. They are all one dimensional. This movie is intellectually offensive, visually poor, artistically waste of people's time. An eclectic, dysfunctional sum of terrible gay clichés (the hustler for example does everything except kiss. We haven't seen that before). You may think, well, it might be a sexy movie worth watching for the actors and the sex scenes. Wrong. There is hardly a sex scene that the average gay viewer will find sexy. You will not see men making love or anything of that sort. Shallow, empty, and very unintelligent movie on all levels. One highlight - the Russian guy in the first scene is beautiful to watch. Watch the first scene if you can and walk away.
The actor Ben Bonefant is certifiably the first male porn actor who has star quality and can do the crossover into straight film even though he makes no attempt to be anything but queer and performs most of the usual acts with professionalism. All this he does with style, good use of his screen presence, much better than his straight lookalike, Mr.Demi Moore.....Ashton. Actually, he has star quality where Ashton has leftovers. The story is unique and very American and not a rifpoff of some French mec film, or a polite or violent Brit gang rape type plot.This is one of the best films I have seen this year simply because it is good. It is also original..........something one does not hear much. And, in the middle of all this, we have Ben....a real charmer who seems to like his job and earns it by sheer quantity. He has humor, honesty and that kind of smirk only real stars own and which is totally their own. I would bet on him to cross over to straight films. Did I mention that he is sexy and not perfect? He is like a gay Eric Bana. Bana was much sexier early on in his career.Now, he is just too polished. He had better drop his drawers and be well hung.