I clicked around the internet for a bit and ended up watching a stream of the first film he was ever in, Floating. He plays Van, whose plans of going to college are shattered after his father loses both legs in a car accident and his mother took off with all the money and valuables she could get her hands on. Now he is stuck in a small house by the lake without a plan for the future.
Both, father and son, cannot adjust to their new situation and the only diversion Van finds is hanging around with a couple of friends, smoking joints and raiding houses. When Doug moves in across the lake, he and Van become friends. Doug has what looks from the outside like a 'good' family, but suffers under the pressure from his father, who is not willing to accept that his son is gay and puts him down any chance he gets. Doug is on the college swim team but the whole concept of going to college to get away from your family gets defeated by the fact that his father is also his swim coach.
The four friends continue to steal anything they believe they can make into money from the lakeside houses until one of their raids ends tragically.
In the end, there is a glimpse of hope that Van and his dad may just be alright.
A sad and desperate story, but there is a lot of shirtless Reedus to lift our spirits.
6/10
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