I have to agree with the other reviewer here... I have no idea what the production company was thinking when they made this very poorly made film.
The plot device once again revolves around a young man who is auditioning for a gay film because he needs money for rent and wants to be a famous actor. How many times have we seen this?
Unfortunately, the scene detailing the auditions of the young man and others who are looking for parts in the film seem to go on endlessly and with no particular purpose... it began to appear to me that the filmmakers didn't have enough material to fill up a feature film's running time so they decided to make this aspect of the plot use up over a third of the film's length. I assume they thought it was sexy to show them repeatedly asking the actors to take their shirts off, but it became incredibly monotonous listening to the producer (whose name is "Sir Bong") chat endlessly with the director about each actor. Clearly the film needed an editor who was able to recognize this.
The second part of the "Boy Toys" involves the actual shooting of the feature, which consists of the actors standing on a stage that has a background arch covered in tin foil while they simulate kissing... and none of them look like they have any interest or enjoyment whatsoever in what they're doing. And yes... they do look like they're wearing toilet paper!
The final part of "Boy Toys" was the only scene I found interesting. The film's director defends the film to the Philippines censor board, who want to rate the film as an "X." The scene provided a good job of showing the discrimination and hypocrisy directed at gay people in the country. The depictions of the members of the censor board as well as the director's responses to their objections are also very funny and biting. Mr. Altarejos, "Boy Toys'" director, could have made a great feature had he focused on this topic alone.
I normally enjoy low-budget films and prefer them over bloated, big-budget productions, but this film clearly suffers from having an almost non-existent one. "Boy Toys" tries hard to be titillating but it's mostly pointless conversations with just a few embarrassing attempts at trying to be sexy.
