I totally agree with most of the other reviewers that this movies is a total bomb. I frequently visit IMDb (close to 8 years) and always wanted to write a review and never have. The absolute atrociousness of this film drove me to register to comment. It was just the huge discrepancy of what this movie could've been and what it ended up being that was such a HUGE disappointment. Basically this movie in terms of when it came out (1996) and the locale AND SHAYNE GRAY could've easily, EASILY become a landmark gay independent film, one that ranks alongside classics such as Beautiful Thing, Jeffrey, Priscilla QUeen of the Desert, Wedding Banquet; movies that people watch regularly when talking about gay Indie films. You have this Beauitufl, BEAUTIFUL, hot, sexy, TALENTED guy Shayne Gray and he was completed wasted in this movie. WHY?!? HE WAS SO CAPTIVATING AND COMPELLING! I loved the movie up to until he met that gross black-viet guy. Afterwards, the movie shifted to covering the two of them and eventually LEAVES SHAYNE AlL TOGETHER????!!! WTF??? I feel like screaming I am so mad. I have many reasons for not liking that character like his horrid horrid accent that makes me want to vomit and cringe every time I hear it. Why was Shayne's character put with that thing?!? We want to see Shayne with a guy that was worthy of how attractive he is. He could've been put with an attractive black guy or an Asian guy w/o an accent. I am so angry because I wasted an hour and a half of life watching this movie. I kept thinking it'd get better and we'd eventually lose the yucky runt and his stupid voice altogether and focus on Shayne where it belongs, and perhaps see his character meet someone worthy and come out or just leave their small town. BUT NO!! WE don't see any of that!!! To top it off Shayne has not been in any movies since then and it is a REAL REAL shame. What's not a shame is the fact that the director, "writer (what I just witnessed was not writing)" hasn't made any successful films. Whew! A person that cannot recognize how AWESOME Shayne Gray was and that for sure the film needed to focus on him and not bring in any disgusting distractions does not deserve to be making films. I mean I am a city boy through and through BUT with a name like The Delta and from the video box cover image you'd expect certain things, like dealing with being gay but also masculine and just a regular southern boy in the South, lots of sweeping panoramic shots of the landscape...THERE WAS NONE OF THAT!!!!! Paint a picture with film in the way Huckleberry Finn painted a picture of the Mississippi with words! I did like the slowness of the movie in that it captured the mood of the location but it could've still had a cohesive story that didn't drag. I did like how the film was diverse in its representation that the region has a strong black as well as Vietnamese population especially since that is a community that is often invisible. HOWEVER the film could've given a nod to those populations without having the story completely meander off-course and crash off a cliff, which is what it absolutely did. Not to beat a dead horse but this film in terms of its subject matter could've soooooooo easily been a film that people cite often as a great gay teen movie. But the story and the poor poor POOR choice of love interest for the lead character totally ruined everything. ARGH! I just want to say again that Shayne Gray was the only reason to watch this movie.