Lucas was suspicious of the man who approached him on the street asking for him to agree to model for him. He even took out his knife when he entered the man's apartment and asked for an explanation, wondering if he wanted him do porn. This was a problem I had with the story because such a good kid, a needy boy, looking for affection from a girl who plays hard-to-get, an abusive father shoving him into the arms of any man who cared, and bullies at school who mock his handicapped leg who lower his self-esteem. Why then agree to meet with an obvious creep who wanted him to be everything he was not. It was an interesting idea and the acting and production values were top-notch as is often the case with this short movies. Would Lucas do it for money? Was a motorcycle that important to him? Could a scruffy weirdo be a surrogate father even when Lucas is drunk? It was a scenario which did not completely work.
Review of Lucas
