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The House Of Adam

By Golu
This is one of those wanna be a thriller with supernatural edge kind of movies, but when you have actors who don't know what they are doing, and a director who is probably too much into his head, the final product is bound to be a product that's sub par. The production quality is pretty low key, the fundamentals of screenplay are missing. This is yet another unremarkable addition to the list of gay themed films that I have wasted my time watching and wondering why these were ever made.

Adam works at a small town diner. Suspecting that he is robbing money, the owner asks his son Anthony to spy. But truth is Anthony has been stealing money. Very first day itself Adam tells Anthony that he is gay and he likes him. Anthony's bi-curiosity kicks in and they share a kiss. Guilt ridden father entrusts his house to Adam and soon dies. A year later, Adam and Anthony are living in this house and are lovers but Anthony doesn't acknowledge. This publicly since he is a police detective. One day Adam is beaten to death by a trio of gay haters and religious fanatics in the neighborhood. Fearing arrest, the chop the body up and hide. Anthony is a mess when he hears news, especially since his body is not found. Few months later, a young couple buys the house and they randomly meet Anthony. The wife of the new couple feels there is someone else in the horselike a spirit or something. Then magically one day, Anthony sees one of those trip religious fanatics and makes him tell them where Adam's remains are so that they can do a proper burial.

The film just doesn't have any substance. Yes, the two leads were good looking and they also had a couple of butt shots, but the acting's terrible. Stories like these have some good potential but you really got to work on screenplay and get some half decent actors. Actor playing Adam was still ok but other were so bad, especially the women roles. It was so corny to watch them. Anthony is a full on straight man and the first kiss that he gives Adam just comes so put of blue that it doesn't make any sense at all. The love story was just not developed and it seemed like three random acts put together without being coherent. As audience you do not connect with any single character and you wonder what are the makers trying to here exactly. This one is neither a love story, nor a thriller. What it is, is a badly acted and directed film which had potential but the director is to be blamed for everything here. (2.5/10)
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