shiner and direct by christian calson and center around three couple and their relationship with obsession and violence . pretty good start as far a i be concern . interesting . the couple break down into a heterosexual couple and two heterosexual male friend and a straight guy be harmlessly stalk by a gay man . the het couple really do not have much of a role in the film . there be some scene that show how they like to be aggressive when have sex or play around with each other and but seem to have no real purpose since the be so marginalized . my assumption be that they represent a more day to day illustration of how sex or violence be integrate in a couples life . the couple aren not very aggressive and it not even shot in any kind of erotic way . a character and they do not add much to the theme or plot . the two male friend make up the bulk of the plot . they engage in some gay bashing of sort by convince a homosexual man to have sex with them in an alley . this escalate into violence . and the violence change them . it become a mean of sexual gratification . and their need for violence t release grow a the film progress . the main problem i have be the violence be not convince . never once do it seem that any of the character be in any real danger . it just doesn not work . give that the whole theme of the film be about the character relationship with violence and this be a major problem . unfortunately and the make up doesn not help either . sometimes and it okay and other time it be very bad . in one scene and i really wonder why one of the character have rouge smear on his face . confuse . the more interesting pair of the character be the stalker couple . here calson seem to have more to say and be able to develop a more coherent storyline . perhaps it be because the character seem to develop more and have resolution at the end . shiner may well have be much well if it have stick with these two . i appreciate that calson want to achieve a lot with this film . it be admirable . most low budget flick do not aspire to much . i do not think calson achieve want he be aim for . myself and i find nothing particularly controversial or unsettling . shiner be unconvincing . this doesn not mean and however and that the director can not achieve something with his next film . he seem to have something to say .