Stryker 2004

views updated

Stryker ★½ 2004

Just your typical Canadian gangster and transvestite flick. Stryker is a speechless 14-year-old boy on the lam after burning down a church near his Indian reservation. He hops a train and finds himself a blank observer, wandering the seedy underbelly Winnipeg. After witnessing a mob throwdown between the warring Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad, he finds protection in a home of transvestite prostitutes and then under the wing of the police. Low budget flair that tries to be quirky and fresh, but suffers from stiff performances and amateur theatrics. Fans of early John Waters may be amused. 93m/C DVD . Kyle Henry, Ryan Black, Deena Fontaine, Joseph Mesiano, Nick Oullette, Nancy Sanderson; D: Noam Gonick; W: Noam Gonick, David MacIntosh; C: Edward Lachman; M: Karmen Omeosoos.