When a young man in a three-way relationship falls ill, his two older partners decide they will travel across the country to seek holistic treatment and new adventures.
Kill the Monsters (2018)
When young, pretty, and charmingly aloof Frankie falls mysteriously ill, his older and wiser partners…overthinking, practical Patrick and impulsive, fiery Sutton, agree that it’s time to head west, begin new adventures, and seek holistic treatment. From here, the highs and lows of the triad’s journey mirror key points in United States history, from hot sex in their luxurious New York City apartment to a road trip that results in a civil war and possible breakup to an all out (poker) war involving scheming, sophisticated and calculating German and Russian lesbians.
Imdb user:
At face value, the story seems to depict gays in a negative light: characters that are arrogant, selfish, disrespectful, materialistic. There’s also no conventional story arc.
However! This movie is actually a hidden gem.
What most viewers will miss is that the movie’s story is actually an imitation of the history of the USA. The 3 characters represent the 3 main social socio-economic classes throughout US history: Old Wealth (Sutton), Intellectuals (Patrick) and Laborers (Frankie). The bickering through the movie represent the historical struggles between these classes.
The scenes/chapters in the movie navigate us through (and satirize) the War of Independence, the march towards the West, the Civil War, the Great Depression, WW2 and more recent events.
This script is really a work of art, optimized for viewers at the intersection of recent gay culture and US history buffs. If you’re in that niche, you’ll find this “American Allegory” absolutely exquisite.
