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Synopsis

From the author of "Less than Zero" comes a new tale of 1980s Los Angeles as a lost generation drifts through a world of lust, greed and addiction.

In his bestselling novels ("American Psycho," "Less Than Zero"), author Bret Easton Ellis established himself as a modern chronicler of decadence, and a writer who reveals the dark shadows behind lives of wealth and glamour. Academy Award® winners Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay, Sling Blade, 1997) and Kim Basinger (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, L.A. Confidential, 1998), Academy Award® nominees Winona Ryder (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Little Women, 1995) and Mickey Rourke (Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Wrestler, 2009) star in an interweaving tale, which unfolds in Los Angeles in the decadent 80's: a city ruled by addictions of every type - from sex, to drugs, to power - where youth is wasted, where love is fleeting, where every night is a headlong rush to the next orgy of sensation. Sooner or later, the party has to end ...and the hangover is bound to be a killer. Also starring Chris Isaak, Brad Renfro, Amber Heard (Pineapple Express) and Austin Nichols (TV's "One Tree Hill"). Featuring 80's flashback music loaded with tracks from 'new wave' recording legends.

Review

My mother taught me "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all." Sorry about this mom, but this movie offended me and I feel the need to warn our customers. From a novelist who is quite out about his sexuality, I was surprised at the level of homophobia exhibited in the film. The lead character, Graham, (Jon Foster, so good in Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a blank pretty face here), was supposed to be bisexual. We see him wake up in the morning with a man and woman -- who is always safely between the men. There is a scene at a beach where gay men are viewed as horrible trash by several characters. And the height of this crap is that one of the lead women, Christie (the always nearly-naked Amber Heard) is seen with strange purple makeup spread on her body at the end of the film. She's supposed to be covered with Kaposi's Sarcoma lesions in what is possibly the most simplistic, offensive and ridiculous depictions of a person with AIDS that I have ever seen in a film. A must-miss.

-- Scott Cranin