A young man's view on love is abruptly changed when he goes looking for his boyfriend who seemingly disappeared in the desert.
Raw, emotional and yet polished, Michael Aker’s new film soars in the gay indie world. With a limited budget micro-indie filmmakers must depend on great writing and acting to tell their story, no CGI or special effects. And that’s just what filmmakers/partners Sandon Berg and Michael Akers have done with Phoenix. Be prepared to spend 96 minutes glued to the screen watching this story unfold.
Nad(ve Dylan Wells (Chad Edward Bartley) has a good job, a great apartment but something seems wrong in his relationship with his boyfriend Ken Sparks (Gaetano Jones). Ken always seems to be traveling when it’s time to meet Dylan’s friends.
Dylan accepts this part-time relationship until his 23rd birthday when, after an argument, Ken takes off early in the morning and vanishes. Dylan follows Ken’s trail to Phoenix, where he discovers that his lover has another lover, the sexy, earthy Demetrius Stone (Jeff Castle). Dylan and Demetrius are forced together to discover what happened to Ken and what happened to their relationships with him. While figuring out what happened and what went wrong these two guys do what gay guys seem to have a penchant for, they jump in bed. Their sex is hot, passionate and healing.
Music lovers will enjoy the film as it has a sweet original score and songs from new gay artists Vertigo Road, Garrin Benfield, Stephen McCarthy, Phil Dutra and gay-friendly Jared Young and The Waxfire.
Inspired by the Antonioni classic L’Avventura, Phoenix is a terrific addition to the gay film world. A huge leap forward for this filmmaking couple, we already can’t wait to see their next effort!
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