I am not surprised that there are so few reviews of this film and almost none good. Like Boys in the Band, this movie will not thrill the LGBT crowd, since it does not depict homosexuality in a positive light, albeit the steamy sex scenes.
I am amused that the reviews tip toe around the fact that the young kid was a prison bitch, plain and simple. He was scared and needed protection and undoubtedly came to identify with his prison daddy - surprise! It happens all the time when men are confined in close quarters - that does not mean they are all G-A-Y or even bisexual either. You can split hairs about it, but just as in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger was not THAT gay. I mean come on, you give whatshisname a break in Shawshank Redemption!
I see young guys around all the time who obviously got into homosexuality in prison; it is almost a given in ways that were not so in-your-face even ten years ago. Tons of young guys with their pants cinched around their thighs and they have girlfriends too! Tons of guys making porn and they have children.
All the fake toughness, which seems to be a hallmark of British- inspired homosexuality. There is a reason it is considered abominable - okay - a bad choice of lifestyle. It causes complications for everyone. This is basically a gay film; all the rest about violence, etc. is a smoke screen. Gays won't like it but then they never do like realistic depictions of homosexuality.
I am amused that the reviews tip toe around the fact that the young kid was a prison bitch, plain and simple. He was scared and needed protection and undoubtedly came to identify with his prison daddy - surprise! It happens all the time when men are confined in close quarters - that does not mean they are all G-A-Y or even bisexual either. You can split hairs about it, but just as in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger was not THAT gay. I mean come on, you give whatshisname a break in Shawshank Redemption!
I see young guys around all the time who obviously got into homosexuality in prison; it is almost a given in ways that were not so in-your-face even ten years ago. Tons of young guys with their pants cinched around their thighs and they have girlfriends too! Tons of guys making porn and they have children.
All the fake toughness, which seems to be a hallmark of British- inspired homosexuality. There is a reason it is considered abominable - okay - a bad choice of lifestyle. It causes complications for everyone. This is basically a gay film; all the rest about violence, etc. is a smoke screen. Gays won't like it but then they never do like realistic depictions of homosexuality.