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Strapped

Country: USA, Language: English, 95 mins

  • Director: Joseph Graham
  • Writer: Joseph Graham
  • Producer: Derek Curl; Joseph Graham

CGiii Comment

Gay clichés and fetishes abound in what can only be described as the most undesirable apartment block in the known Universe (and beyond).

Populated by gruesome gays - not a particularly pleasant picture or prospect.

Hailed as a gay Alice in Wonderland - now that is imaginative and demonstrates the only creative thinking on behalf of those who hailed it thus...possibly, the filmmaker himself.

And it all boils down to one thing - a non-trick-kissing hooker with a heart - hackneyed, labored...tripe.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A routine trick at a man's apartment propels a cynical hustler into a series of strange and life-changing encounters in this stunningly photographed drama from San Francisco-based Joseph Graham. Tall and lanky with a mop of unruly dark hair, the young man makes for an attractive prostitute - handsome in body, amiable in personality and efficient in sex. He's just out to make a buck, one guy at a time. But this coldly efficient rent boy begins to look at himself in a different way one stormy night when he finds himself lost in a maze-like apartment building. The evening begins with a tryst with a beefy but timid man unused to gay sex. Their "session" becomes surprisingly tender for both. But time is money, and he's off - that is, he'd be off if he could find the exit.

Cast & Characters

Ben Bonenfant as Hustler;
Artem Mishin as John;
Michael Carlisi as Gypsy Troubadour;
Carlo D'Amore as Leon;
Katherine Celio as Susan;
Raphael Barker as Jacob;
Michael Klinger as Adam