It's not exactly a fresh concept, but obviously some care was taken in writing this, obviously influenced by the controversial film "Hardcore" (as others have noted) and news reports on urban crime and coverage of the goings on in red light districts of big cities. It's ironic that the women who do the topless dancing aren't exactly beauties, and that is a realistic element to what you'd see in those dive bars and dance clubs. There's also prostitution being depicted which results in your average movie psychopathic killer slashing them with a straight razor, a modern Jack the Ripper, leading to some tense moments which includes the death of a flamboyant drag queen, "den mother" to the strippers.
The main story focuses on a young man searching for his sister, neglected children of a powerful Toronto businessman who has obviously tried to control their lives without any kind of real fatherly love. His son makes it clear that he hates him and blames him for what has happened to his sister, explained with a shocking twist that makes sense. The young man meets up with a stripper friend of his sister's, and after being told to take a hike, a friendship grows and becomes romantic. The father is one sick man, and is similar to powerful men whose disgusting pasts came back to haunt them when exposed in the press, both before this and long after. That really adds a sympathetic element to the story that has much better acting than I expected from a non-professional cast and a very low budget. Take away the T&A and slashings, and you've got a decent thriller with some powerful twists.
The main story focuses on a young man searching for his sister, neglected children of a powerful Toronto businessman who has obviously tried to control their lives without any kind of real fatherly love. His son makes it clear that he hates him and blames him for what has happened to his sister, explained with a shocking twist that makes sense. The young man meets up with a stripper friend of his sister's, and after being told to take a hike, a friendship grows and becomes romantic. The father is one sick man, and is similar to powerful men whose disgusting pasts came back to haunt them when exposed in the press, both before this and long after. That really adds a sympathetic element to the story that has much better acting than I expected from a non-professional cast and a very low budget. Take away the T&A and slashings, and you've got a decent thriller with some powerful twists.