Na planetu, kjer obstajata dva simetrična svetova, eden bogat in drugi reven, se morajo ljudje držati pravila, da nihče od zgoraj ne sme priti navzdol in obratno. Kljub temu se med osamljenim Adamom (Sturgess) iz spodnjega sveta in zvedavo Evo (Dunst) iz zgornjega stke prijateljska vez, ki jo na silo prekinejo človeški predsodki. Desetletje pozneje se njuni poti znova prepleteta, toda ker jima na vsakem koraku grozita nerazumevanje in odpor, je njuna ljubezen na veliki preizkušnji. Ker se številni bojijo sprememb utečene družbene ureditve, so pripravljeni storiti vse, da preprečijo njuno nesprejemljivo ljubezen.
Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his aid. Maxi soon develops a crush on Victor, who shows a platonic affection for the young lad.
A thug, with his partners, is chosen to work for a criminal gang and he becomes the left-hand man of the leader. The leader declares a war against another criminal and the thug has to protect him despite losing his friends.
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
Fast paced and evocative, this contemporary social drama delves into concepts of love and fidelity in human relationships in view of modern liberal lifestyles, through the lives of a scientist and a news anchor.