The first review of the James Franco-produced-and-starring gay porn true crime drama King Cobra is in, and judging by its reception at the Tribeca Film Festival where it premiered over the weekend, the film may be the antithesis of gay required viewing like 2008’s Milk.
It’s the opposite end of the inspiration spectrum, but you can bet it’ll generate conversation once more gay audiences dive into the sordid mess.
We knew it would be salacious, racy and strange — those are just givens.
But as per this review in The Wrap, it’s also a quality film with some memorable laughs. Who’da thunk?!
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Movies don’t get much juicier, funnier, creepier, sadder, or smarter than writer-director Justin Kelly‘s “King Cobra,” which dramatizes a real-life murder case set in the world of gay porn. Kelly’s work is outstanding, as he manages to control the most seemingly uncontrollable material while exploring many different facets of the case. “King Cobra” is as in-your-face explicit a gay movie as has ever been made with recognizable male actors, including producer James Franco, who predictably takes the lion’s share of the most physical sex scenes, and Christian Slater.
Head here for the full review, which includes a detailed breakdown of what you can expect from the film.
MarionPaige
The review at The Wrap doesn’t mention that there is a screenshot of Queerty 1.0 in the movie. To show the gossip fallout from Brent Corrigan disclosing he was underage, the movie shows headlines from two gay websites reporting on the issue. One of them looks like a screenshot Queerty 1.0
See our review of the movie at http://www.bitchless.net/index.php?showtopic=106990
The movie ends with Brent Corrigan being the new Stephen for his own porn company. Corrigan is shown on a porn shoot saying pretentious shit like “he wants to keep a tractor in a porn shot because he likes the masculinity of the tractor”.
Billy Budd
I will definitely watch this movie and buy the blu-ray.
Pete
they should have gotten a twinkier looking Brent. In fact, they should have used one of the Helix boys, like foundation queen Brad Chase