Tuesday, March 20, 2012
VIOLENT HOMOS
Today's gay film was
A bare knuckle fighter (human cockfighting) from the provinces, Blackpool, goes to the big city, London, and falls in love.
He is gay and is having trouble coming out. The boyfriend, a serial monogamist, falls for the street fighter and gently brings the him out.
Jealousy and the interference of business and personal friends tears at the relationship although the fighter's brother is very supportive and there is a near cataclysmic ending just saved by the "bell".
The fighter is adorable which means that he doesn't really fit the role he has been given. Big and tough might have sufficed. The interfering friends are sleazy and the conflicting loyalties of the........
Oh, never mind. There are supposed to some hurdles in finding true love but there are too many for me to get through.
The basic message is that love is love and will carry the day. I would just rather that it happened a little sooner. Maybe half an hour.
There is some sweetness. The romance is pretty. The acceptance of the brother is a great set of scenes. Even funny.
Steve Bell is very much a lover but not a fighter. But, ironically, he was a real fighter, amateurs at a high level.
I skipped through some of the rough stuff and some of the annoying antics of the "friends" who try to break the couple up.
That makes it a 2 out of Netflix5. The first time under a 3 in this series of gay films.
