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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful Okay, it isn't the 1934 classic movie nor the novel by William Somerset Maugham but the tip-off should be "dark film" and an iconic gay magazine cover -- gagging yet?
The controversy of course is ... Read More Okay, it isn't the 1934 classic movie nor the novel by William Somerset Maugham but the tip-off should be "dark film" and an iconic gay magazine cover -- gagging yet?
The controversy of course is that sexual games of S&M and bondage are not linked to murder and violence--psychopathic behavior. Again, "dark film"--Parker Posey is a cast member? One might add, "dark comedy" since it takes hyperbolic reference to development of obsessive desires and plucks every image of psychological disturbance into the character's grim descent into asocial behavior.
This film was not the needed thing when pushing for gay rights against Robertson and Dobson information-fed fanatics. And, as a non XXX film dealing with S&M, this is a tame film--compared to what some San Francisco studios were churning out in 1996.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful too weird for me. Gay serial killer. The notes say that the lead character is pursuing his sexual obsession and gravitating toward increasing violent S&M. Violent obsessions? Duh! The guy kills the ... Read More too weird for me. Gay serial killer. The notes say that the lead character is pursuing his sexual obsession and gravitating toward increasing violent S&M. Violent obsessions? Duh! The guy kills the boys he picks up for a hook-up. I dunno about you, but I don't see murdering as a manifsestation of S&M. And I don't find it a turn-on. The film and script are kinda low-grade and unimpressive, as well. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful This movie succeeded only in a vapid characterization of the nature of evil...self-gratification, at the expense of others, for its own sake. It attempted to accomplish this without any real ... Read More This movie succeeded only in a vapid characterization of the nature of evil...self-gratification, at the expense of others, for its own sake. It attempted to accomplish this without any real character study or dramatic flair which made it a waste of film. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful Aside the low budget production this film should inflict a sense of disturbing mania. The eroticizing of homocidal tendencies is a generic theme of homosexual repressed lust however Todd Verow's ... Read More Aside the low budget production this film should inflict a sense of disturbing mania. The eroticizing of homocidal tendencies is a generic theme of homosexual repressed lust however Todd Verow's production highlights the mentality of self destruction very carefully to frantically understand violence as an aphrodisiac. Its should be regarded with the film likes of Swoon, the M.O. of M.I. and 8MM.
*My bias remains Parker Posey is a character favorite . Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful An ugly film that underscores the devolution and depravity of societies where the capitalist ethos of dog eats dog is the norm. In a land where the rich get greedier as the poor get desperate, where ... Read More An ugly film that underscores the devolution and depravity of societies where the capitalist ethos of dog eats dog is the norm. In a land where the rich get greedier as the poor get desperate, where they shove their children into cauldrons like Vietnam and Iraq and pollute the environment until the climate goes into a tailspin, mass murderers and serial killers fit right in.
I watched about half the film looking for some condemnation or warning, but judgments were left to the viewer, and thatâs not smart in a society like ours. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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