There is a disturbing and Misogynystic opening sequence of woman talking about changing the sex of a male experimental subject but this idea isn't really followed up and the rest of the film is Bill Paxton wandering around in low budget sci fi fashion through what's supposed to be a dystopian future and eventually during the end credits you find out what the title of the movie means. It's all well shot in widescreen Black and White, there is one funny scene involving Parents watching their son having sex, but the rest would be more at home back in the 1970's.
Paxton fans might be shocked or interested or aroused to find Paxton fully naked and with erect penis in various scenes and getting an on screen blow job, no special effects just well, there it is. How this could have effected his career while he was alive is anyone's guess, I'd assume he was perfectly happy knowing the film would not be released during his lifetime. Paxton is also credited as being the production designer, there is one cool sculpture garden otherwise it just looks like they shot in un changed real life small town places, it's never convincing as being set in the future at all. Paxton's performance, no pun intended, is fearless-to say the least- and pretty good really, different from the "game over" persona that made him a semi star after Aliens until the unfortunately early death that eventually ended his career.
The film really would still not be too great but much more at home in the late 1960's or 70's before hard core pornography came along and so it's easy to see why it just sat unreleased for so long after it was made in 1982. Other than the good photography it really seems like some half scripted arty student film that overstays its welcome as a feature.
Paxton fans beware or be aware of your chance to see all of him, the rest of us can skip it and not miss anything.
