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King Cobra

2016

Justin Kelly

James Franco, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Christian Slater ...

5.1

974

Drama Stephen releases movies through Cobra Films, with barely legal guys including underage Brent Corrigan. Hoping to sky rocket to porn fame, newbie Harlow and his buddy Joe want to film a movie with Brent, but can't get Stephen to agree. Harlow and Joe go beyond the boundary of the law to make their film a reality. Based on the true crime sparked by an underage porn sensation.

	Author	Review
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Director Justin Kelly‘s true-crime tale doesn’t let the explicit gay sex get in the way of dark humor and fascinating characters"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"Despite its subject matter, 'King Cobra' isn’t a gay Boogie Nights (...) King Cobra is much more contained (...) Where Kelly and his cast let loose are in the film’s wild sex scenes, which both serve the narrative and manage to titillate (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A dreary would-be thriller based on a true story (...) another opportunity for festivalgoers to learn how fascinated James Franco is with pornography"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Possibly the best film ever made about the business end of America's gay porn industry (...) King Cobra" is a sensitive and darkly hilarious true crime story"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"King Cobra” is all smut and no soul (...) the director likes to provoke his audience (...) But the only sexy thing about 'King Cobra' is its many neon-lit driving scenes"	NEG
United Kingdom	Graham Fuller Screendaily	"A movie of such wit and daring that it could transcend its LGBT appeal to become a crossover hit"	POS

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