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Wrecked

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

"Wreaked" shows aspiring actor Ryan (Theo Montgomery) allowing his career and life to be sabotaged by the torch he carries for a druggie ex-boyfriend, Daniel, who ran out of his life at least once before.

Ryan lands his first role with a acting group and celebrates by getting off on a web-clip by hustler Taylor (name from the commentary). Shortly thereafter Ryan comes home and finds the ex-Daniel waiting on the veranda. Happy Ryan is willing to take Daniel back if he gets a job and stops taking drugs. Daniel charms and agrees, stifling any further conversation with kisses and more. Ryan's life starts sliding downhill, and his job performance suffers. Taylor the hustler turns out to be a pal of Daniel's too, leading to an explicit three-way. To make the point clear, there is a photography student, who gets roped into first Daniel's and then Ryan's game. Ryan's life drifts out of control. He knows what to do but just loses the will to do it.

The DVD comes with a commentary by the two directors and Theo Montgomery, a deleted scene, an extended mixture of scenes, a photo gallery, and some TLA trailers.

The film gives a serious, focused depiction of the problems of unsuitable partners and of drugs and also gives a reasonably realistic and frequent display of bodies engaged in sex and in the incidentals of daily life. The actors are very good looking; Theo Montgomery as Ryan is spectacularly cute looking and did a good job as the makeup person (source: the commentary) on the set.

The production has multiple weaknesses. The sets generally shriek cheap, not always unsuitably. For example, the one window in Ryan's house is covered with a sheet. The sound ranges from clear to faint. The film stock is fairly grainy. There are a number of continuity lapses. For example, in one sequence Ryan goes to bed shirtless, wakes up early in one t-shirt, and then gets out of bed in another. The supporting actors were undistinguished. The commentary says the photographer's name is Rodney, but the character introduces himself as Tyler to Daniel. The commentary states that much of the character-development footage was cut out (but not included as an extra; there are photos in the gallery that probably came from these sequences).

The credits give some actor names and the co-directors' names but none other. There is no listing matching character and actor. I can't find the names given listed on imbd.com; are they all pseudonyms? It appears nobody wants to be identified too much with the film, although the directors suggested a prequel was possible.

Still, the film was a good entry in the underused category of serious film that wants to display serious skin. The ads suggest this is a film for lovers of twinks. They're right.

I saw this movie at the Philadelphia QFest2009 (formerly the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) and was incredibly intrigued by the synopsis and build-up surrounding the film. While the first fifteen minutes of the film were mediocre at best, the rest of the film was literally... torture. Bordering on bad pornographic material (unattractive actors and poor plot included!), this film had no substance, no plot, no backstory, ultimately, nothing at all.

My only memorable moment at the end of the film when there was a simultaneous gasp of relief and... silence. Not one person in a sold-out crowd clapped and the general feeling of disgust was shared amongst the theatergoers.

As a cultural studies specialist, this film is an insult to vast spectrum of Queer Texts. I was hoping that the film would be dropped given the general discontent with the film - but a word of warning to anyone even considering purchasing this: It is a waste of money that could be spent on other films like, "Shelter", "Holding Trevor", or "Heights", and it will be time wasted that you will never get back....

Absolutely nothing positive to say... you've been warned.

Wrecked provides a personal, provocative viewpoint of the writer directors behind the scenes look at his relationship with his boyfriend. Although intriguing from the beginning, we eventually find ourselves in a stereotypical situation involving a drug using, manipulating young man that we neither care for and at times, wonder why the lead character would care for him. It is obvious that he can do much better. With ample nudity and tons of simulated sex, the two youth struggle to maintain a relationship. During the day, the lead works as an actor and begins having difficulty with his role due to his concerns over the sincerity of his long lost lover that appeared at his door all while his lover is out tricking to find new drugs or funds for drugs to keep him submerged in his make believe world of all is well. When the two are together, sex is the weapon used to distract the couple from addressing the real issues that they need to face.

When the lover is caught in an act of seduction at his boyfriends apartment it almost seems like this is finally the act that will make the lead wakeup and realize that this guy needs to be kicked to the curb but it only adds a different level of confusion to this story. Wrecked is conceived by a young man and it shows in the way the situations are handled. Seasoned lovers would never tolerate such behavior and if they do, deserve what they get. When you're young, you're youthful behavior is easily forgiven.

This movie is worth watching if you like watching young, twinkish men walking around naked or partially naked in a drugged up state of mind. I didn't feel for any of the characters and the level of acting is subpar.

Basically, the summary at the back of the case has much more depth than the feature. The characters and plot are so boring and recurring to the point of becoming annoying. The premise was good, but everything was poorly executed. The performances were not believable, the characters where so flat they even lacked unidimensionality and the plot was all over the place. I can assure you that you will gain nothing by watching this movie.

This appears to be nothing more than a series of unscripted, improvised scenes, a great many of them sexual. Is it supposed to be a (im-)morality tale? Can't tell. Production values are non-existent. The only reason anyone would watch this is for the many, obviously not just simulated, sex scenes. But the characters (and, alas, actors) are unappealing. We get it: they are young; they do drugs; they have lots of sex. But we are given no reason to care about any of these characters. And, I am afraid, even if we did care, the movie is so meandering and poorly made that it would still be torturous to sit through. Spare yourself!

The movie is a sort of grindhouse softcore porn. It is definitely an exploitation film, that only barely poses as anything else. Sort of like a prostitute wearing a school uniform. The main character, who apparently used to be a junky under the influence of his ex boyfriend, is attempting to get his life back together. He does this, not by going back to school or by getting a more down to earth job, but instead by trying out for a play and having his pictures taken by his asian friend. It is hard to believe that the play is really run by professionals, they look like they were picked up off the street and are auditioning for their play not on a set, but instead in what looks to be the basement of some local community center. It is also far too obvious that the only reason the directer is interested in the main character is not because of his acting potential, but instead for the potential in pants. Mean while the main character pursues a modeling career (i suppose) by having long discussions with a 20 something weird asian guy with a camera. His dreams of modeling fall through when he comes home to catch the asian guy taking weird pictures of his boyfriend cooking naked. Oh yeah, his boyfriend comes back, and provides what looks to be some desperately needed sexual activity after months of the main character being forced to troll around on the internet searching for web cam hookups. Needless to say the next morning, the main character quickly invites his ex boyfriend to stay with him despite the fact his ex bf blatantly says that he will not be getting a job or paying any rent. Then right after he leaves for the day, the ex bf proceeds to ran sacks his house for drugs and invites tricks over for sex.
There is really no story arch for this movie, the idea that he was "on the right track" before his ex bf comes home is a delusion. The kid is very lost, and really needs a parent or guardian to give him a kick in the pants. It is little wonder that someone as delusional to believe that he will either get an acting career or a modeling career from these people would be tricked by ex bf.
Having said all of that I do believe this is really an entertaining film. Pointing out the illogical nature of the film and its many flaws is entertainment in itself. And if you are a gay male that likes twinky guys, you will see plenty of their skin. This movie really is pushing the limits of "softcore porn" and may in fact actually be out right porn. But I enjoyed.

I like to think I'm pretty open-minded. There have been many movies that have gotten horrible reviews that I've really liked. Someone else on here said something along the lines of "comparing Wrecked to Shortbus is an insult to Shortbus" and I couldn't agree more.

There was no point to this movie (except maybe "drugs are bad, MmmKay"), the acting was terrible, every scene just dragged, the nudity and sex was completely distasteful. Besides all that, there were several things about this movie that were totally awkward, or just plain didn't make sense. For example: Ryan is described as an 18 y/o attempting to develop a career as an actor... It appears he has a house (and a dog) all to himself, but his bedroom looks like a typical teenage studio apartment. He gets a part in a 3-person play and is rehearsing in what looks like a church basement. That must pay well, cuz he's always whipping twenties out of his pocket. Daniel is an on-again off-again fling who shows up one day with his backpack and moves right in to destroy Ryan's life.

So let's review: Ryan has no job, but always has money, he lives in a dump that is quite clearly a house but looks like a dorm room, and he's trying to launch a career as an actor in a church basement. Ryan knows Daniel is a slime ball but welcomes him with open arms, and pretty much says "Sure, you can move in, take advantage of me, get me hooked on drugs, and ruin my life... c'mon, what ya waiting for?" Don't even get me started on the weird Asian photographer buddy.

And the smoking!!! Good Lord. Everyone in this film is a chain smoker. Although I highly doubt I'll ever watch Wrecked again, if I do, it'd make for a great drinking game. "Drink every time someone lights a cigarette!" You'd be so hammered by the end of the film that you MIGHT not care how awful it was.

Hard to find a single redeeming feature to this movie. Acting is painfully embarrassing, cringe worthy. Shows a few nude scenes, as this is the only way it can try to get your attention. Going straight in the bin, would not waste my time watching this again.

There is nothing to recommend in this badly acted and extremely tedious film. BORING BOREING BORING. Don't try loking for an intelligent script as there isn't one.

Lovable loser falls in love with drug addict, begins using drugs, dies of overdose. It's a pretty tired old tale if you ask me.

Ryan wants to be an actor, but he can't act. His ex-bf, Daniel shows up, and Ryan lets him back into his life. Even though he knows Daniel is still using drugs, still having random, unprotected sex, and still stealing and lying to support his habit. Even though he says Daniel smells bad, yet defiantly refuses to use deodorant. But regardless of Daniel's wretched body odour, Ryan can't stop having sex with Daniel long enough to throw him out. So Ryan begins a downward spiral. First losing his acting job. Then by participating in Daniel's promiscuity. And finally by doing drugs with one of Daniel's random tricks. In the last scene he appears to have died of an overdose.

I wish I could say something nice about this film. But it suffers from a lack of direction. By that I mean, the director wasn't doing his job. Camera work was shaky and out of focus. Actors fumbled and stumbled over badly written lines. And it's really hard to say if there was enough sex to call this a porn film. But there were a lot of fragments of sex acts between pimply, greasy, decidedly un-sexy actors in decidedly un-sexy surroundings. It looks as though the film was made in the filthiest, messiest, most unattractive surroundings that could be found. It's really a shame. Even a film with actors of this low calibre could have been made into something worth watching. But this is not worth watching.

One thing is true of every film; The good parts can be credited to any member of the cast or crew. But a bad film can only be blamed on the director. This is a bad film.