“Rights of Passage” is a taut, well-written and acted thriller from the acclaimed director of “Powder” (Victor Salva) a delves into issues of parenthood, masculinity, homophobia, childhood hurts, and one young man’s misdirected search for a father figure.

Del (the excellent Dean Stockwell) and his young lawyer son DJ (Robert Glenn Keith, the hunk in the gay short “Death in Venice California”) travel to their lakeside cabin to fish and talk. When they get there, Del’s estranged gay son, Campbell (well-acted by the hunkalicious Jason Behr and star of “Roswell”), is unexpectedly there.

Father and son have much to discuss but before and emotional scars are healed, two ominous strangers arrive. But are the two men (James Remar and Jaimz Wolvett) — escaped convicts — strangers to everyone?

1999, 95 min

Country: US

Studio: Wolfe

Cast: Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Jason Behr, Robert Glenn Keith, Jaimz Woolvett, Joseph Kell, Thomas G. Waites

Director: Victor Salva