Emotionally daring and bristling with powerful performances, Dog Tags explores the cost of self-discovery as two unlikely souls connect. Abandoned by his father and raised by his single mother, handsome and sexually confused Nate obligatorily joins the Marines to support his fiancée. On leave, the detached Marine meets Andy, a magnetic and seemingly free-spirited young man with big dreams of Hollywood. Initially their bond is purely platonic, but the smoldering chemistry they share is undeniable as it sizzles into something sensual and intimate. Together they plunge headfirst into waters of vulnerability and desire, while the identity of Nate s father finally rises to the surface.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
A devastating disapointment:
The cinematography is awful. This film probably cost $100 to make and was filmed on a home camcorder. The one good thing about the film is the Nate, the beautiful, ripped army hunk marine. Shame he falls in love with a little gay goth who wears eye liner. The only good thing in the film was ruined when the goth paints his new army hunk boyfriend's eyes with eyeliner. Someone who was involved in the film is clearly into wearing eyeliner, and has put his style and stamp into the movie and in doing so... more info
disappointed:
The movie didn't go far enough. Too many flashbacks that seemed pointless. The acting was questionable at best.
Gloomy Guses:
Two very different men, a marine in search of his father and a gay Goth, embark on a road journey to find themselves. The film attempts to explore a variety of issues including parent/sibling relationships, responsibilities in life and a thin gay romance that seems to be thrown in for good measure. This morose film never really gets off the ground and the characters simply do not click. A film like this needs viewer empathy to care about the characters plight but they only come across as flat and... more info
Misses The Bullseye:
A story that has it's heart in the right place, this film none-the-less suffers from uninteresting characters doing unlikely things for no reason whatsoever. The main character, a marine who has no drive in life and apparently no personality either, somehow manages to forge a connection with someone even less likable, a gay loner who prefers heavy eyeliner and who reluctantly takes his own child with him on his own personal quest to "find himself." This leads to the marine trying to find out who his own... more info
