As they leave the hotel, we find out that Boon is in fact an undercover cop something we did not know throughout the entire movie. Boon hugs Nathan, and the emotional turmoil makes the boy break down and cry.
He follows them and rushes into the hotel room as Nathan is about to be sexually harassed. Boon has to finish his job in Vancouver, and there he sees how Nathan offers himself to a client. Nathan breaks away as Boon neglects his love and his yearning for paternal appreciation. The movie's climax is emotionally stirring and intriguingly played by the two leading characters. Boon renews a sexual affair with his old flame while Nathan associates with some local lads. The growing relationship between Boon and Nathan is characterized by frictions, but still slowly growing in depth.
We still do not know who Boon is today, but we get a clearer idea of his roots and find out that he is indeed a rather likable person, which we could not expect right from the beginning. Once in the small town, we find out some interesting bits and pieces about Boon's past, about his imperious father, about his old flame and his life twenty years ago. He does everything to please the man, makes their breakfast and as some subtle hints reveal would not mind sleeping in the same bed with him. It becomes clear from the very beginning of their traveling companionship that Nathan sees much more than a temporary ride in Boon, but pins all his hopes on him. On their way they stop in a motel in a small town, where Boon grew up and where he has to settle something. He associates with him and manages to make the taciturn man give him a ride to the city. Nathan is on the road, running away from the social services that would take him in, heading towards Vancouver, when he encounters Boon in a road pub. All we know is that he is up to something and violent if challenged. Apparently he has a questionable past as some kind of criminal. The second main character is a rough and mysterious man named Boon Palmer (played by Dylan Walsh), a man we do not know anything about.
She dies right at the beginning due to an overdose, which leaves Nathan orphaned and totally isolated. He has no father and his mother is a drug addict. We get a very good impression of his life a bleak, exploited life without much room for dreams and no way out. These very subtle scenes at the beginning make us aware of how desperate this young boy is. We are introduced to him as he sells his body on his 14th birthday. The main protagonist is Nathan, played by newcomer Branden Nadon.
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The audience never stops learning about the two main characters, their individual stories and their background, which provides the movie with tremendous quality and causes curiosity that makes the audience dive into the story and stay alert. The movie has a simple story and is still complex in its plot development as well as in the pace of plot revelations. It can be qualified as a road movie and as a drama focusing on characters influenced by their cultural milieu and by each other. The movie is set in Canada and shot in Vancouver, B.C., Calgary and Linden, Alberta, and the road between. It is a real-life drama that convinces with its sincere authenticity and the profound quality of the interaction between the two leading characters. It does so with skillful honesty and without falling into stereotypes and melodramatic depictions. Jet Boy deals with some very sensitive subjects.