Shiner : Erotic Violence

Shiner had been on and off, up and down my Netflix queue for a couple of years before I finally sent for the film.

Erotic violence is the movie’s theme. It weaves through three different storylines.

1. An amateur boxer and his stalker. You are expecting this to conclude with a beating. It doesn’t. Violence isn’t part of the story. The ending is quite a surprise.
2. The heterosexual couple. She enjoys climbing on top of her boyfriend and hitting and slapping him. They have a good time.
3. The fag basher and his pal. The former discovers that he enjoys having the latter beat him until he’s bruised, cut and bloody. He becomes addicted to being hit. I wasn’t sure what to make of the resolution of their storyline.

The production values and acting are so so. I wouldn’t recommend Shiner nor warn against it. What you’ll get out of the movie depends on your interest in the theme and need for movies to often ‘solutions’ or ‘answers.’