Shank is a 2009 British drama film starring Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Alice Payne, Tom Bott and Garry Summers. The film was written by Darren Flaxstone and Christian Martin, directed by Simon Pearce & Christian Martin (uncredited), and produced by independent filmmaker Robert Shulevitz and Christian Martin.
The film won an Audience award in the 2009 Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival as well as the Emerging Talent in Queer Cinema in 2009 at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
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Plot
In Bristol, Cal (Wayne Virgo) is a 19-year-old closeted homosexual gang member who has nothing in his life except drugs, intercourse, random acts of violence and a secret that he keeps hidden from his friends. An online hookup for intercourse with a stranger named Scott (Garry Summers), ends up in him assaulting and abandoning Scott out in the countryside. This temporarily satisfies, but fails to dampen his unspoken love desires for his best friend, Jonno (Tom Bott). Nessa (Alice Payne), their twisted, foul-mouthed and controlling gang leader who has much hatred towards everyone due to losing a child at the age of 14, suspects that there is something going on between them. Jonno cannot express his own deep rooted and unrequited attachment to Cal due to Nessa's manipulation. Manipulating situations bring Nessa closer to having her suspicions confirmed, so Nessa sets on dividing loyalties and encouraging conflict.
