The Living End

1992 "An irresponsible movie by Gregg Araki."
The Living End
6.5| 1h25m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 14 August 1992 Released
Producted By: Desperate Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

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jayjay95 interesting movie. Both actors who play the leads are very leasing to the eye and Mike Dytri (Luke) verges on being beautiful. IF you like nice bodies shown off to their best this is the movie for you. The shower scene is erotic but not vulgar and has some great shots - nothing below the belt so-to-speak but very nice all the same. A bit weird in places but considering the time it was made it fits. I enjoyed most of it. I would watch it again. I would own it. I would recommend it. It could be classified as a "buddy movie" a male version of "thelma and Louise"--in a way. I think most people would enjoy it--it has a gay plot but not that gay.
mikenpeter It's difficult to make an 85 movie drag on, but somehow, Gregg Araki manages to do so with his amateurish direction. The plot is inspired, the cast is competent, but Araki ruins it with draggy direction and corny dialogue. Even talented and charismatic Mike Dytri can't save this clunker. By the time it got to the end, which I had heard so much about, I was ready to just turn it off and return the tape. It's very hard to care about the characters, likeable though they are, when every line of dialogue is punctuated by unnecessary pregnant pauses (a sure sign of incompetent direction). The film had great potential, but it came out as just a bunch of scenes slapped together with a really bad soundtrack (not the music: the volume kept jumping up and down alternating soft to loud from scene to scene).
fandangonoir Well...what can be said of this film that hasn't been said already, Freddy? This is the story of two HIV positive studs who go on a dopey road trip. The plot doesn't really go anywhere and it times it seems the director was just trying to extend his movie any way he can so he can have a feature length film. The thing I've always wondered about Araki is why more Asians aren't in his films. He must have a thing for hunky white dudes. Still, this is mildly amusing for a shoestring first effort. Adios.
SamLowry-2 The cutting edge of early '90's American film includes this work by Gregg Araki, a frightfully funny, harrowing tale of two HIV positive dudes who can't stand it all, blame (then president) George Bush, and take it all on the road for a final (?) spree. The film contains the typical cute gay boys, friendly fag-hag with her own hetero issues, violence, and ridiculously corny Araki dialogue. And guess what? It somehow all works! By the end the two protagonists are likeable people with relatable feelings. The closing scene is one of the most memorable in indie cinema of the '90's.