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Boogie Boy (1998) -- A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.
Boogie Boy (1998) -- A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

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5.1/10   343 votes
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Craig Hamann (writer)
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Cross the line... ...pay the price.
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A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Mark Dacascos ... Jesse Page
Emily Lloyd ... Hester

Jaimz Woolvett ... Larry Storey

Frederic Forrest ... Edsel Dundee

Traci Lords ... Shonda Lee Bragg
Joan Jett ... Jerk

Michael Peña ... Drug Dealer

Scott Sowers ... Bulldog

Karen Sheperd ... Marlene (as Karen Lee Sheperd)
Robert Bauer ... Breeze

Linnea Quigley ... Gretchen
John Hawkes ... T-Bone
Tommy Price ... Rocket Brutes Band Member
Sean Koos ... Rocket Brutes Band Member
Tony Bruno ... Rocket Brutes Band Member
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Rated R for strong drug content, violence and language.
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104 min
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
A pleasant surprise., 22 December 2000
9/10
Author: bayou52

I gave this movie a 9 relative to the genre into which it falls rather than in comparisons to movies in general. I am a writer and currently viewing "gay themed" movies as research for a novel I'm working on. I have to disagree with "Moviemkr" on all counts. As a "storymkr" it was the tale itself that appealed to me the most. As far as story and plot (writer's vernacular much misused and misunderstood) I thought it had plenty of both. It was a neat little story of two men attempting to recapture love which started under artificial circumstances (prison) each having undergone changes since separating, that make an already improbable reunion impossible. It was well paced and without unnecessary artifact (even the violent scenes were muted with most of the gore off camera) and came to a satisfying climax and resolution. Nothing profound here but good tight story telling with few goofs. There is even a smattering of redemption and the gay twist makes this story stand out among others of it's kind. I thought the acting was right on. Dracascos and Wolvett portrayed well the hopeless, violent, volatile and desperate nature of life drenched in illegal drug dealing and addiction. Wolvett was particularly convincing as the drug addicted Larry going through bouts of withdrawal when a fix wasn't apparent. That the two men loved each other was obvious (their downplayed but touchingly familiar displays of physical affection true to character) but, sadly, so was the unlikelihood of the reunion each had hoped for--and no doubt dreamed of.

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