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Chained To My Bully Stepbrother (AI Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
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 ...
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Unsolved Suburbia

By Golu
A so called gay mystery 'whodunnit' thriller, this film is so all over the place. This film was so low budget and amateurish that I wonder if this was some sort of a college project or something. Otherwise I would really fail to understand why someone would back this film. On paper the ides might have been good but execution and screenplay was downright bad.

We hear the narration of the film by Marty's voiceover. He is best friends with Jake who looks obviously gay but says he is straight. He is the source of all news of what's happening around. Marty is bisexual and has a boyfriend and a girlfriend. New travel that their friend Thomas has gone into hiding because his boyfriend Eddi has been shot dead and now police suspects Thomas of foul play. With help from Marty, Thomas helps discover the 2 rival street gan leaders (one of them, Angel, who also happen to be Eddi's brother) might be involved. When police arrests Angel, Marty helps them uncover truth. Back home, Marty realizes that his girlfriend and boyfriend have been individually cheating on him with Jake. Marty has enough of this drama, he hits Jake and goes out on his way looking for happiness.

When you have to use voiceovers and occasional text to explain the proceedings in a film, you know there is already some problem. The actors are all bad. They all pretend to be sleeping around with everyone irrespective of gender and the boys get naked on the drop of a hat. Not that I am complaining but it all seems so fake and unnecessary. The scenes in the film keep going back and forth and in the process make a complete mess of everything. It could have easily followed a linear pattern and that way it would have been just a slightly better film. There was nothing in the name of thrill and I couldn't care less why straight acting guys were gay and feminine acting forcing themselves to be straight. It was just a whole big mess.

I would not recommend this film at all. Please save your time and avoid being frustrated. (2/10)
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luigi43 said…
I do confess! All "themed" films I can up , I do.
But before watching one I look for Your advice. Charge me part of Your time !
January 24, 2020 at 3:31 PM
Golu said…
I am in the same bucket. I feel obligated to watch these films and write a few here, however bad they are, even if I know it before I watch the film :)
January 24, 2020 at 10:08 PM
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