You Can't See 'Round Corners

Young misanthrope Shorter is on the make for the pure and wholesome Wallace, who relishes the man's advances until he becomes an army deserter. Originally a bookie, Shorter is inducted for service in Viet Nam, involved in a big brawl, and soon left disillusioned and in search of his former life. The bookie trade isn't very rewarding, however, and neither are his renewed attempts at romancing Wallace. He robs a butcher and seeks a life of fast pleasure, sinking quickly into a dark abyss that leaves him, after another brawl, with a carved-up face. Although a valiant attempt is made to create a powerful urban drama, the narrowly developed characters and cliches of plo...