The Fruit Machine (Wonderland) (1988)

Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Clare Higgins, Bruce Payne ... see more  , Robbie Coltrane , Niven Boyd , Julie Graham , Mandy Walsh , David Bauckham , Mark Birch , Paula Ann Bland , Anton Brookes , Joseph Carrington , Kim Christie , Forbes Collins , Jason Cunliffe , Louis Emerick , Malcolm Frederick , Jame McMartin , Caroline Milmoe , Paul Netterfield , Carsten Norgaard , Clare Parker , Liz Stooke , Albie Woodington

The bluntly titled The Fruit Machine stars Emile Charles and Tony Forsyth as a pair of homosexual Liverpool teenagers. Though their sexual orientation may be the same, Charles and Forsyth hold diametr... read more ically opposed outlooks on life. Gradually, a romance develops between the two -- but before things progress much farther, the film suddenly switches emotional gears. Witnessing a gangland execution, Charles and Forsyth are forced to defend their lives against an onslaught of villains. The Fruit Machine seems unsure of what sort of movie it would like to be, though many of its individual components are handled with utmost confidence by director Philip Saville. The film was originally titled Wonderland. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi