The employees of a mob owned strip club decide they want out, and plan a big heist. Of course, things go wrong. This is the seventh film by local Chicago director John Covert--and not the person named as director above--who also stars as Ed. Shot in video, sometimes there is a grainy look and feel to this that reminds me a Godard's Alphaville. The sour atmosphere of the strip club is heightened by the players continual use of drugs and sex as means to unseen, unarticulated and mindless, (but as far as the plot goes, not meaningless) sex. The video obsessions of the techie/janitor at the club are unnervingly funny and the old burlesque adage, "what you see is what you get" is blown-up, distorted and parsed out in interesting and sleazy ways. With luck, this film will get decent distribution, and Covert's work will be more than a moderately well kept Chicago secret.
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Probably the worst movie I have seen in years
missismiggins25 April 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Absolute rubbish, shot on video, it is like a bad home movie. The plot if you can call it a plot is ridiculous, the actors are as wooden as they get, and the action is almost laughable. A waste of good videotape! There was not one single redeeming feature throughout the entire movie. Everyone looks alike, you are unable to follow what is going on The whole thing is a complete waste of time. Why anyone would even think that making this rubbish was a good idea, let alone the poor suckers that went to see it or bought it. From the ratings given here I actually watched it, sadly, a complete waste of time. Do yourselves a favour and give this "home" movie a wide berth.
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