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The War Boys

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Synopsis

Staggeringly adorable young newcomers Benjamin Walker and Brian J. Smith share an intensely romantic scene as friends who hide their secret gay attraction in this thoughtful drama.

David (Benjamin Walker), George (Brian J. Smith), and Greg (Victor Rasuk), best friends since high school, are The War Boys. They used to perch on the US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who were trying to run into the United States. Sometimes, without a thought for the immigrants, the boys chased them across the wasteland and back across the border – just for fun. It was just one of those games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school’s over now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college and the boys have been reunited.

Now the boys come up with a new plan – they steal a truck from David’s father trucking company, filled with what they believe to be black market televisions. Their plan to sell them, make a quick buck and move to New York is complicated, however, when the contents of the truck prove to be much more sinister than the boys had thought.

Meanwhile new feelings and relationships are forming between them, their friends, and their families. The young vigilantes finally come to realize that they are as vulnerable and as helpless as the immigrants they once chased across the border.

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DVD : $9.99

Availability: Usually ships in
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Region Code: 1
UPC: 812034011118

Studio : Maya Entertainment

Languages: English (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Film on Taboo Subjects

Amos Lassen wrote on 08/24/2011:

I do not know why “The War Boys” was not a popular movie, it has everything going for it—a good cast, a fine script, excellent cinematography and taboo subjects (well, I guess that is the reason). It is basically the story of three young vigilantes who wait to chase illegal immigrants back across the border and as they work, they develop borders within themselves and they must learn how to cross them.
Director Ron Daniels puts a lot of conflicts out there as we watch young men entering the adult world. The setting is a small town on the U.S./Mexican border and this where we meet the war boys—Grigorio (Victor Rasuk), a Hispanic American, David (Benjamin Walker), a law student at Duke, and George (Brian J. Smith), an insecure guy from a lower middle class family.
The plot is made up of the stories of the three. Grigorio has never had sex and is in love with Marta, an older beautiful woman who owns the doughnut shop. Both Marta and Grigorio need love but afraid of the consequences. In the past David and George have had a physical attraction for each other and we see this relationship as a man to present the challengers of male sexual identity. Slater (Peter Gallaher), David’s father and David have problems maintaining a father/son relationship and this is probably due to the son’s relationship with another male.
The film looks at boundaries—the boundaries of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality and the boundaries between generations. As if that is enough to consider, it also looks at prejudice against illegal immigrants and sexual identity. One of the most touching and beautiful scenes in the film is the love scene between George and David and we see how desire can take over adolescence and how that desire opens the door to maturity. We see lust as a form of love between the two who have been best friends all of their lives.
I suppose that where you are in life determines how you react to the film. I have read some reviews that totally panned it and I have read others who absolutely praise it from start to finish. Have a look and be your own judge.

Good Flick - Not light entertainment, but good flick!

Marty wrote on 01/22/2011:

Timely (illegal immigration, racial profiling in Arizona) and well crafted. Excellent acting from entire cast.

A Gripping Look At Young Men Finding Themselves

Green Giant wrote on 01/16/2011:

I was not aware of this film till I noticed it on
TLA Video's Gay/Lesbian Alert E-Mail. I am
so glad I decided to purchase it.

The film concerns itself three young men all
friends since childhood. the film begins when
David(Walker) comes home on spring break
from college and reignites his bond with George
(Smith) and Greg(Rasuk). as young men their
age often do they dream up a scheme they
think will set up them from a life away from
their parents. as you can imagine things don't go as planned.

The DVD is worth it just for the many hot shots
of the stunningly gorgeous all American boys
next door Benjamin Walker and Brian J, Smith.
both have truly stunning bods and could easily
have been models.

I do have one criticism of the top comment on TLA page for the DVD. the hot love-making scene
referred to is really not a "love making scene"
per se but simply a super hot heavy necking
scene prior to the David and George actually
doing it. i know I'm being picky but a "love
making scene" is a love making scene not a
heavy necking scene.