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Review

Naked twinks, bisexual threesomes, student/teacher liaisons, voyeurism, sexual fluidity, gossip and murder. It's just another day in the suburbs for the scrumptious young characters in Unsolved Suburbia - a new slice of ultra-low-budget erotica from director Cheetah Gonzalez.

The story is all over the place. We're first introduced to Marty (Johnny Lockhart) - a very cute young student who runs into trouble when his boyfriend Michael (Kiyoshi Shishido) and girlfriend Anybodys (Georgia Visser) discover that he has been two-timing both of them. After the trio decides to settle into a ménage à trois, news arrives that their good friend Eddie (David Blanco) has been shot and possibly killed. Eddie had been dating Thomas (Alexander Dissan), much to the chagrin of his religiously strict Latino family. Marty soon leaves his threesome behind to find out who would have wanted Eddie dead.

Though it has few locations and a mere 66-minute running time, Unsolved Suburbia can be surprisingly difficult to follow. Names are dropped long before characters are established - or even introduced - and, in the beginning, it's often impossible to know what the hell anyone is talking about. And, while Johnny Lockhart holds his own in the lead, the "acting" from the enormous cast of first-timers is largely embarrassing for all involved parties - including the viewer.

But hey, we're not really in it for cohesive storytelling, are we? We're in it for the cute boys and frequent full-frontal nudity. You'll be happy to know that Unsolved Suburbia doesn't skimp on the eye-candy. There is lots of softcore action, the guys look absolutely adorable in their tight little underwear and bathing suits and they're not very shy about showing off the whole package. Twink-lovers will not be disappointed - everyone else might.

 -- Robert O'Neill