Tiger Orange
- Director: Wade Gasque
- Writer: Wade Gasque; Mark Strano
- Producer: Patrick Bosak; Paul Della Pelle
CGiii Comment
Gasque's debut feature...and, quite possibly, his last.
Thankfully, this film will not be spewed upon the general public - if it did find a wider audience, it could easily set back equality for decades.
It's so damn self-righteously gay...that whiff of antagonism is akin to swallowing a deliciously cold glass of soured milk.
Two gay brothers re-unite - there's the stable stalwart and the wardrobe-malfuntioning party animal...a grown man in cut-off dungarees in a hardware store in small-town America...seriously?!?
Don't foolishly think that this is a modern-day, gay Cain and Abel...if it had been, it would have been a damn sight better...
There's no character development to speak of - it starts where it starts and ends where it started - the interim is filled with flashbacks, preachy conversations and pointless episodes of masturbation and gratuitous nudity.
You can almost hear the director scream: He's a porn star for Chrissakes - get him to take off his kit a few times!!!
The voice-over: A big mistake...it adds nothing but a sloppy Hallmark sentimentality.
Strano cannot act beyond awkward cardboard and, surprisingly, Hazzard does do a little better - better than the usual 'porn star' turned legit.
The dialogue veers from the infantile to the senile...with the remarkable dexterity of a 3rd grader.
This writing duo's future looks rather bleak.All in all, not the greatest 'feature film-making' starts for either director or producer.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Cast & Characters
Mark Strano as Chet;
Johnny Hazzard as Todd;
Gregory Marcel as Brandon;
Ty Parker as Young Chet;
Vincent Duvall as William Waters;
Adrian Delcan as Young Todd;
Tara Samuel as Rachel;
Shaun Cozzens as Kingston;
David F. Park as Officer John;
Loanne Bishop as Ann