This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
The story is about Sam, a guy probably in late 20s, who clearly is bored at his job and doesn't even try to do something about it. His room mate is his best friend Zoe, who constantly reminds him to get his life together. All Sam cares about is two things: first getting attention of one of his co-workers (a cute guy), and the other, somehow getting together back with his ex-boyfriend, who constantly keeps inviting Sam for sex. Zoe and Sam soon find themselves drifting apart. And they both lose their apartment as well. A tiny prospect of having to move in with his parents, Sam is forced to relook at his life.
As I said before, There is really not much that I liked about the film besides the overall story which had potential but uneven screenplay, and the lost direction of the film takes away from everything else. Clearly Sam (also the director of the film) knows his craft as a director because he does extract good performances from everyone except himself. I know Sam's character is supposed to be obnoxious and unreliable but it came out as annoying to me. I found that odd, since all the other 3 main characters were pretty good at their roles. I also find the film stretched unnecessarily at various intervals with long silences in between. It just became really hard to keep your attention.
I am all for new concepts and experiments and its easy for me to just shot down someone's hard work and efforts put in but I need to be objective in my personal opinion. I think Sam should concentrate on direction because he clearly has good future there. As to the team, good luck for future prospects. (2.5/10)
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