the audience applauded

Sick Product of a Sick System

A different way of telling a story

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

This movie is a representation of James Mitchell's Justification for for first degree murder of Artie Mitchell. Artie was not murdered because he had a drug problem. Artie was murdered as a power move for his brother to take control of all the brothers finances. This movie was awful because it helped a murderer look good while depicting the deceased as a wild crazed lunatic. Personal I feel Artie Mitchell's character better resembled a mixture between James and Karen's personalities. This movie seemed to be an accurate representation of the utter chaos in the last two weeks of Art's life. This movie was based on a story written by David Mccumber who wrote a Rated X based on the testimonials of Artie's Ex-Girlfriends, his mother and his murderer. I Caleb Mitchell feel slandered but apparently my dad was a public figure, so anyone can say anything, it doesn't matter

This film is/was every bit as good as Blow and Boogie Nights(better than Boogie Nights). How this did not get a distributor and had to be shown on Showtime I'll never know. For what ever reason the brother's Estevez were dealt a disservice. This should have been seen on the big screen. I'm sure I will find out but there has to be something behind the scenes as to why this did not get a distributor. The movie was good and the reason it did not get put out was just wrong.

A constant barrage of cocaine, drinking & sex may have made it realistic but didn't make it interesting. I also hope it weren't meant as a turn on, as it failed miserably there. A film about porn but without the slightest inkling of any porn in it at all. Even allowing for the time scale there were still chunks of story missing like wives departing not to be seen or mentioned again. But Emilio Estevez was good & it was just fractionally better than Boogie Nights as it had some sort of story & character. Just not much. A low 4/10.

Although this film has an off-putting title, people may actually be quite surprised at the content. Yes, it is about the porn industry, but has other subjects and deeper meanings. The Mitchell brothers (Sheen and Estevez) are in business together as San Francisco's porn kings. Controversy follows as the general public do not approve of them. Apart from the frequent sex scenes at the beginning of the movie, this film escalates into a deeper subject of family feuds. You find that you don't particularly like the characters, but are still interested in what happens to them. It is a rather sad ending. The film, in it's directorial aspect, is very well done.Although not the best film Estevez has directed, I was glad to have seen it.