VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Rites of Passage (2000)

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Writer/Director: Victor Salva

Starring: Jason Behr, Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Robert Keith II

Although just about all of director Victor Salva's films (Clownhouse, Powder and this weekend's Jeepers Creepers) have had an undercurrent of homoeroticism running through them, Rites is his first to actually deal with the subject up front. In a remote lakeside cabin, stoic father Dean Stockwell struggles to resolve differences between his estranged sons -- one a successful lawyer (Robert Keith), the other a shunned homosexual (Roswell's Jason Behr). But when a pair of escaped cons begin terrorizing the family, it's quickly revealed that no one is who they seem. Though there are plot holes big enough to drive an SUV through, Salva gets fine performances from Behr, Stockwell and James Remar as the head convict. The DVD includes commentary from Salva and Behr as well as deleted scenes. R (violence, profanity, adult subject matter)