Marco Berger has come out with another movie that’s really beautiful and sexy, but it’s definitely not like the ones he usually makes where guys are just full of sexual tension. This one is filmed in black-and-white and looks amazing. The director found a really weird way to show how humans connect and how sexuality works by using a "man as a dog" idea. It’s a pretty strange but interesting movie that makes you think. The story takes place in a world that’s parallel to ours, where two straight couples are on vacation on an island. You see two guys on a boat calling out to someone, and then this naked, lonely, and really good-looking guy shows up. In this dreamy kind of world, the group calls him a "man," but he basically acts like a pet dog. In this setup, the word "men" refers to naked male humans that people own as pets, just like we own dogs. People are scared of stray men just like they're scared of stray dogs. There are also "women" who ...
The story is set in a loft complex where all the residents are gays. An alpha male Justin, who has recently lost his older professor boyfriend is talk of the town, as he is young, sexy and is sleeping around making his way to anyone and everyone. His close friends want to set him up with a new resident Jim, who also happens to be a private detective. We meet a few other characters , but things get weird when Justin's corpse is found floating in the swimming pool. His close friend Gene hopes Jim to look for the killer since the police thinks that he OD'ed. As Ji starts his investigation and starts talking to individuals, we see that everyone is holding their own secrets of infidelity, orgies, hook ups, inferiority complex and pretty much anyone could be a suspect with a motive for murder. The real reveal comes as a shock although towards the end I saw it coming but still a surprise.
The film visually is good to look at. Handsome guys, almost half naked most times and goes what.. decent acting too. After the initial character introductions and all, the story is set into motion and we see the investigation going. Initially I felt The Who PI was very lame and basic but by the time climax rolled it, it all made sense. The one issue of the film is that the murder happens of a person who is not very loved and is obnoxious, so you really don't care for him and also when the secret of the murderer is revealed, you feel ok with him getting away with it, which ideally should not be the case. There is a lot of talking in this film, which makes me wonder if this was originally set as a play. The sets and premise is pretty basic and could do well as a play. Overall, surprisingly an ok decent fare, especially when the film started and I thought this is going to be a trashy and bad ride. (5.5/10)
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