Ari wants to break loose from the claustrophobia of both his Greek heritage and the closet. Problem is, he doesn't know how. As the film juxtaposes his own identity crisis with an immigrant-filled Melbourne where "everybody hates everybody else," we see him acting out on his frustrations by grappling in alley ways with repulsive men or clumsily and ineffectually trying to protect his sister from the advances of her Lebanese boyfriend. Like Trainspotting, Head On is a powerful rush of chaotic camera work and visceral images depicting a man's quest for selfhood in a world that's dragging him down from all sides. But here there's no resolution to "choose life" at the end.