Four (DVD REVIEW)
Four
DVD Review
by Kam Williams
Lust Leads
to Taboo Liaison in Character-Driven Drama
It’s the Fourth of July in suburbia
where we find 16 year-old Abigayle (Aja Naomi King)
caring for her bedridden mother (Yolonda Ross) while her father Joe’s (Wendell
Pierce) job has taken him out of town. Normally, Joe can trust his dutiful
daughter to dote on her mom, but on this evening, for some reason, raging
hormones have her hot and bothered to the point of distraction.
After a
little phone sex, she invites a guy she met in the mall over for what he
arrogantly expects to be a 15-minute booty call. Dexter (E.J. Bonilla) is a
former, high school basketball star whose glory days ended abruptly when he
graduated from high school.
He’s been
in a drug-fueled, downward spiral ever since, and all that he has going for him
is an ability to charm gullible young girls out of their pants. But when Abby
has second thoughts about succumbing to Dexter’s powers of seduction so easily,
she talks him into taking her out for a ride.
Meanwhile,
her dad isn’t really away on business, but up to monkey business on the other
side of town. Turns out Joe is secretly bisexual and has rendezvoused with a
gay kid (Emory Cohen) he met online who is also in the closet but obviously
inexperienced and needs to be shown the ropes.
Thus
unfolds Four, a compelling character-driven drama about a very eventful
day-in-the-lives of four lost souls each searching for a little independence on
Independence Day. The movie marks the auspicious writing and directorial debut
of recent Columbia
Film School
grad Joshua Sanchez.
A
cautionary tale featuring spectacular Fourth of July fireworks of the emotional
variety.
Very Good
(3 stars)
Rated R
for sexuality, profanity and brief drug use
Running time: 75 minutes
Distributor: Wolfe
Video
DVD Extras:
Commentary with director Joshua Sanchez and actor Emory Cohen; and a
behind-the-scenes featurette.
To see a trailer for
Four, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybjnRE7VAfw
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