This is a terrific small budget film with very good performances and taut direction by Paul Donovan. Yes, rightfully compared to Assault on Precinct 13 and the classic western Rio Bravo. However, it certainly holds its own. Tom Nardini stars. I worked with him in the movie The Young Animals(aka Born Wild). Super guy off screen. He co-starred in Cat Ballou. I always felt he should have been a big star. The movie is in his capable hands as Horacio, the lead. Subject matter depicting terrible violence in a gay bar was before it's time. It has great value as how one film production looked at hate crime and strongly depicted it on screen in 1983. It's well worth the watch. The 8 I gave it as opposed to a 9 or 10 is only because it could have had higher production money spent on it, BUT, it deserves great credit for its great relevance and merits high praise. Today, it has some worthy cult movie status. It's sometimes hard to find, but, currently can be watch without cost on Freevee with commercials or at Amazon Prime. Highly recommend!
