Fridae

No, this Karate Kid wannabe is not that great a martial-arts movie. But which hot-blooded gay man can resist the beautiful bodies of TV hunks Sean Faris (from Life as We Know It) and Cam Gigandet (from The OC)?

Both have bulked up and stripped down for this martial movie, and it would be a crying shame not to see their gorgeous arms, pecs and abs on the big screen. Indeed, if we didn't know any better, we would have thought that a gay man directed this movie.

What with the ample display of sweaty male bodies wrestling in steamy rooms, there's probably more homoeroticism here than any episode of Will & Grace. Just YouTube their fight sequences to see what we mean.

Sean Faris plays good-hearted football star who is beaten up by a punk kid (Cam Gigandet) in front of the whole school. With revenge on his mind, he turns to martial-arts trainer Djimon Hounsou who teaches him the art of fighting. Now you don't need to be a genius to figure out that Sean whups Cam's ass in the final confrontation...

The film is very predictable but the fight scenes are beautifully-staged. There are plenty of rib-cracking punches and contusion-inducing kicks that would make a gay man feel queasy. But those chiseled arms, pecs, abs and masculine grunting make the fight scenes bearable. Very bearable.