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 ...
Here we go! Another one of those bad gay themed films and then stupid me to sit through the torture and actually living through the BS thats served to us an audience. Having said that, to give credit where it's due, the subject and theme of the film is something new and novel but a bad execution, acting and direction cannot salvage story thats looks decent on paper.
Christian is a college news reporter, very gay, who is all set out to interview Epiphany, the niece of the only living person to escape a gender-changing Siren, eleven years earlier. In this context, Siren i someone who changes their appearance and seduces people and kills them (I think!). During the interview, Epiphany tells Christian the story of her uncle, who was a devout religious man and eleven years ago, he is called in by a man Danny to narrate his story about the Siren. Danny recounts how he was seduced by a man in middle of nowhere. When he doesn't respond in a couple of days, his boyfriend Kevin goes out in search of him and is also seduced by the same man, the Siren. Then random cuts happen, hallucinations happen and I believe both Danny and Kevin are killed (and maybe turned into Sirens? It was never very clear). Post this interview, Epiphany's uncle is approached by a sexy woman (the latest Siren), but since he is a devout religious man, he escapes her and Epiphany is telling the story to Christian but could Epiphany himself be a Siren?
First of all, since the film is a bot non-linearly told, it is difficult to follow what's going on. An interview within an interview makes it confusing and constant changing faces of the same person doesn't help. There is a lot of gay sex and nudity that are clearly there to titillate the audience. There is absolutely no need for those extended scenes. And then there are random mentions like Epiphany's uncle is caucasian and his brother is Vietnamese. Why does it matter of David slept with Kevin and both his sisters. What good does that do to the story? I am not very sure. Was there a motive behind showing Epiphany as transgender? The random sexual tension between Christian and his room mate. I mean, why do we need all these random distractions in an already otherwise confused film.
This is a very mediocre film which is not much good for anything to be honest, except for some good sex scenes and plenty penis shots. Do not waste your time. This movie could have been an excuse ten years ago but definitely not when it is made in 2019. (2/10)
Christian is a college news reporter, very gay, who is all set out to interview Epiphany, the niece of the only living person to escape a gender-changing Siren, eleven years earlier. In this context, Siren i someone who changes their appearance and seduces people and kills them (I think!). During the interview, Epiphany tells Christian the story of her uncle, who was a devout religious man and eleven years ago, he is called in by a man Danny to narrate his story about the Siren. Danny recounts how he was seduced by a man in middle of nowhere. When he doesn't respond in a couple of days, his boyfriend Kevin goes out in search of him and is also seduced by the same man, the Siren. Then random cuts happen, hallucinations happen and I believe both Danny and Kevin are killed (and maybe turned into Sirens? It was never very clear). Post this interview, Epiphany's uncle is approached by a sexy woman (the latest Siren), but since he is a devout religious man, he escapes her and Epiphany is telling the story to Christian but could Epiphany himself be a Siren?
First of all, since the film is a bot non-linearly told, it is difficult to follow what's going on. An interview within an interview makes it confusing and constant changing faces of the same person doesn't help. There is a lot of gay sex and nudity that are clearly there to titillate the audience. There is absolutely no need for those extended scenes. And then there are random mentions like Epiphany's uncle is caucasian and his brother is Vietnamese. Why does it matter of David slept with Kevin and both his sisters. What good does that do to the story? I am not very sure. Was there a motive behind showing Epiphany as transgender? The random sexual tension between Christian and his room mate. I mean, why do we need all these random distractions in an already otherwise confused film.
This is a very mediocre film which is not much good for anything to be honest, except for some good sex scenes and plenty penis shots. Do not waste your time. This movie could have been an excuse ten years ago but definitely not when it is made in 2019. (2/10)

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