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 set in a loft complex where all the residents are gays. An alpha male Justin, who has recently lost his older professor boyfriend is talk of the town, as he is young, sexy and is sleeping around making his way to anyone and everyone. His close friends want to set him up with a new resident Jim, who also happens to be a private detective. We meet a few other characters , but things get weird when Justin's corpse is found floating in the swimming pool. His close friend Gene hopes Jim to look for the killer since the police thinks that he OD'ed. As Ji starts his investigation and starts talking to individuals, we see that everyone is holding their own secrets of infidelity, orgies, hook ups, inferiority complex and pretty much anyone could be a suspect with a motive for murder. The real reveal comes as a shock although towards the end I saw it coming but still a surprise.
The film visually is good to look at. Handsome guys, almost half naked most times and goes what.. decent acting too. After the initial character introductions and all, the story is set into motion and we see the investigation going. Initially I felt The Who PI was very lame and basic but by the time climax rolled it, it all made sense. The one issue of the film is that the murder happens of a person who is not very loved and is obnoxious, so you really don't care for him and also when the secret of the murderer is revealed, you feel ok with him getting away with it, which ideally should not be the case. There is a lot of talking in this film, which makes me wonder if this was originally set as a play. The sets and premise is pretty basic and could do well as a play. Overall, surprisingly an ok decent fare, especially when the film started and I thought this is going to be a trashy and bad ride. (5.5/10)
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