This vertical gay drama claims to be a US production, but every character has a thick accent that makes me think the cast or the entire crew was actually from Eastern Europe. I tried to look up more details about where it was filmed, but I couldn't find anything. The official summary describes it as a story where a lonely dancer and a troubled cop find a connection through lies and danger, starting with a rescue that turns into a risky attraction. I’ve definitely seen the lead actors in something else before, though I can't put my finger on what it was. Let's get into the plot and what I actually thought about it. The story follows Tino, a young nightclub dancer who is stuck under the thumb of a brutal club owner. This guy uses debt and intimidation to keep Tino in line and was apparently a friend of Tino's late mother. Tino feels a massive weight on his shoulders because he’s desperate to help his sister, who is really sick, so he just stays quiet and tries to survive....
David is a middle-aged, successful, gay man. For a weekend he invites only three of his best gay pals - Paulo, Roger and Virgil to hang out and chill. They all wonder what it is about, and why not a bigger group but go along with the drill. All these guys are unattached. They all question each other on their relationship status and also questioning in one on one conversations on why they didn't get together sexually or romantically! In between there is a wait for the pizza boy which takes forever, who eventually turns out to be a crush of one of the en who has been searching him forever. There are other random characters thrown in ( I don't know why) like a freeloading neighbor, David's sister needing a babysitter so that the 4 naked gay mean can sit around the teenager and give him tips on how to 'score' with a girl, and Virgil's mother who'd like to see her son connected.
Overall the acting was average but the plot, storyline, music and direction are just bad. Surely it is an indie film, so from that perspective, you do try to give it a benefit of doubt and see if you can find something decent but its hard. I mean what was the point of the film. Oh! every scene cut was with the same cue music of 5 seconds with one man splashing in the pool, just to justify title and it gets so annoying after a while. Also, what kind of friends are you, so-called closest friends, when you really don't know each other so well and question about intimacy and secretly wanna get into their pants. It looked more like 4 acquaintances who have hung out before and were trying to get to know each other better to figure out if the other person is boyfriend material, hookup material or should be just friend-zoned. Virgil's mother and David's sister's characters add absolutely no value to the story.
Cut short this film into a very engaging 20 minute short and the makers will have a better chance of finding more engaging audience. (3.5/10)
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