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The Delta 1996
1h 25m | Drama | 15 August 1997 (USA)
Storyline:Lincoln, who’s not yet 18, leads a straight life most of the time: he has a girl friend, goes to dances, jokes with guys. But he also has a secret life, in which he’s drawn to dark places where he has sex with men he doesn’t know. One night, while visiting a gay video arcade, he connects with John, a Vietnamese-born gay man, in his 20s probably, whose father was an African-American US soldier. John invites Lincoln to spend some carefree time with him, and Lincoln takes him to his father’s boat. John then convinces Lincoln to take the boat into the Mississippi delta, where setting off some fireworks out of season precipitates betrayal and revenge.User review:Story about handsome hunky Lincoln (Shayne Gray) who has a girlfriend and lots of great guy friends. He also likes having anonymous gay sex secretly. He meets John (Thang Chan) a Vietnamese gay guy–and things happen. Notice I didn’t say interesting cause NOTHING interesting happens in this!Slow, murky, dark and very uninteresting story about a destructive relationship. The low production values really hurt this. Also the story takes forever to get started…and ends up going nowhere! It just stops with no resolution at all. A lot of people seem to like this because Gray is so handsome. He IS handsome…but not much of an actor. I’ve seen worse but I’ve seen MUCH better. Chan was better than Gray but (understandably) seems unsure of how to play the character. Pretty dull too.Slow, murky, unsatisfying. You can skip this one. I give it a 4…mostly for Gray’s looks. Also why did Chan do a nude scene and Gray didn’t?
Director: Ira Sachs
Writer: Ira Sachs
Stars: Shayne Gray, Thang Chan, Rachel Zan Huss
Country of origin: United States
Languages: English, Vietnamese
Filming locations: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
IMDB Profile tt0116070

The Delta (1996)

1997-08-15

5.5

Director: Ira Sachs

Writers: Ira Sachs

Stars: Shayne Gray, Thang Chan, Rachel Zan Huss

Summary: In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.

Also known as: The Delta (1996) on DVD