what an unfortunate mess be shiner . i want to like this over the top and anti film aspirant and and in fact find a number of moment with powerful resonance . sadly and those moment be few and far between . while i appreciate some of what calson be attempt and any advantage aspire to by bare bone and no budget cinematography be destroy with some truly atrocious edit that benefit the movie not at all . while bad act abounds in low budget ( and big budget ) cinema and shiner have some remarkably bad performance that be nearly painful to watch . in particular the straight couple linda and young guy . these be the two most poorly write character offer almost nothing to the story . the acting be so abysmal and neither actor seem capable of resist smirk or crack up a they drearily drop their line with an appalling lack of skill . the choppy edit almost lend the feeling that these role be entirely gratuitous and drop in to avoid the film be stereotypically cast a an oddball gay film . it would have be good off a such . with all that be go wrong for it and there be several performance that seem to capture what calson be hop to get . in particular the story center on bob and tim . these be the two most richly drawn character and offer the most reward with genuinely captivate performance by nicholas t. king ( bob ) and david zelinas ( tim ) . tim be a boxer with some serious issue . remarkably low self esteem be disguise by an almost cartoon like arrogance that he wear like armour plating . obsess with tim and the seemingly harmless yet ultimately creepy bob and stalk the boxer in classic cat and mouse fashion . when the table be turn and hunter become the hunted and the resulting in the film only genuine emotional catharsis . in a film so artificially hard edge ( that a compliment ) one character must have that revelatory break through ( or breakdown and a the case prove here ) and the final confrontation between bob and tim provide zelinas and king opportunity to display some real acting chop . a play by scott stepp and derris nile and tony and danny seem to be the focus of the movie and and despite some bravado moment of their own ( include one truly disturb scene reveal the sex or violence obsession ) and but they can not seem to escape a cartoon like artifice and it difficult to look at or beyond their seem one note symphony and find anything other than the obvious . ultimately this same raw material could ( and should ) be use to tell this story in good fashion . ala and there really isn not much to recommend this yet and the performance by messrs. king and zelinas and really do offer something special and a glimpse of what might have be and be ultimately worth see .