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Synopsis: BOOTED OUT of his comfortable suburban house by his father for being gay after being outed by his manipulative stepmother, Ethan Mao, 18, survives on the street as a hustler selling sex to older men. He meets Remigio, 19, a drug dealer and sometime hustler, who befriends Ethan and takes him in. After being tipped off by his younger brother that his family is going on a day trip on Thanksgiving Day, Ethan asks Remigio for a ride to his family house to get some of his belongings and a necklace that belonged to his late mother. Ethan and Remigio break into Ethan's family house, but are caught in the act and believe they have no choice other than to hold his father, stepmother, and bullying stepbrother hostage. In the following increasingly desperate hours, Ethan, his family, and Remigio are forced to confront their unresolved conflicts between each other. As the tension between Ethan and his family escalates, their inner demons and family secrets unravel in this suspenseful drama.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Quentin Lee
Production: TLA Releasing
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
29
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
Year:
2004
87 min
Website
62 Views


which means no banging

no screaming

And please don't play your Hong

Kong action movies too loud

Do you understand?

Yes, Mrs. Harvisham

Good day!

She's gone. Where's Ethan?

He'll be right back

And I suggested all of you

turn in your cell phones

And you?

Gracias

Josh, honey

Leave me alone, Mom

Don't talk to your mother like this

She's my mom

And I talk to her the way I want

Besides you're not my father

Josh, I love you

I know, Mom. And I don't have

to hear it all the time

Will you help me tie them up?

If that's what you want

Ethan, take the money

and tomorrow morning

we'll get you the necklace

I hope a gag won't be necessary

Why are you doing this to us?

Because I feel like it

Sarah!

This is all your fault

Your son is a psycho

You've made your point

Please don't put us through this

I don't trust you anymore

I have to pee

Piss in your pants

Look Ethan, I may be an a**hole

But I don't lie

You have my word that

I won't do anything stupid

and I'll make sure

no one else does

I will untie you when I feel like it

Now that I have

everyone's attention

you better call Aunty May

and tell her...

that you guys aren't going

to make it to Roy Town

How did you know we were

going to Roy Town today?

Just a guess

Roy Town is your favorite place

Noel, you called him

with the alarm code in the car

didn't you?

Yes, he did

Noel... I'll kill you -

If any of you touches a strand

of my brother's hair

I'll hunt you down and

put a bullet in your head

He's my son

I work all my life to put a roof

over my children's head

put them through school

give them what they need...

I don't know what more

they want from me

For you, all there is is money

That's all your children need

They just need your money

And that's exactly what I'm here for

Your stinking money

I need to use the bathroom

I said, "Piss in your pants, b*tch!"

Feeling better?

You call Aunty May and

make it sound good

Hello May... it's Abe here

Yes, something came up and

we're not coming over anymore

Yeah. Sarah's not feeling well

Yeah... okay... I'm sorry. Hold on

She wants to talk to you

Hi, May. I got a really

bad stomachache

We'll give it to you

some other time

Listen, say hi to Chuen for me

and have fun. And Ethan

Ethan, you have

humiliated us enough

They got the point

I don't know what more

you want from us

We'll give you what you came for

And we'll listen to all your

reasonable demands

in the meantime

But please, untie us!

Do we have a deal?

Fine

I want your word

You have my word

So this is a done deal

And no one is gonna

do anything contrary. Josh?

You have my word

Sarah? And Noel?

Yes, Dad

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Quentin Lee

Quentin Lee (Chinese name: Chinese: 李孟熙; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngxī; Cantonese Yale: Lei5 Maang6 Hei1; born 1971 in Hong Kong) is a Canadian and American film writer, director and producer. He is most notable for the films The Unbidden (2016), White Frog (2012), The People I've Slept With (2009), Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993). Lee also co-directed Shopping for Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films. He attended UCLA film school. more…

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