If anything, this feature-length follow-up to the sensational British TV series is even more audacious than the original. Series creator Russell T. Davies says this chapter brings the saga of Vince and Stuart "to an absolute, defi­nite end, because it was never designed to be a long-running series. It's a bit more plot driven than before... stronger... and it gets quite epic in places... quite angry in places."

The anger, Davies says, was fueled by his non-stop encounters with homophobia "every day" since the series first ran. While Queer as Folk inspired critical acclaim in the UK, it also stirred the inevitable homophobes to crawl out of the woodwork. And so, along with the emotional dilemmas of Vince and Stuart's tangled relationship (will they ever sleep together?) and young Nathan's nascent sexu­ality (will he ever get over Stuart?), we see all three engaged in fierce battles for dignity at work, at school, and with parents. The result is heady stuff. Just when you think nothing can top Stuart's over-the-top coming-out scene, QAF2 blows out all the stops (literally) and sets the Manchester duo on a chase toward freedom from which there's no turning back.