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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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A Boy Like That

By Golu
The film had an interesting premise, but sadly it went nowhere. There were no possibilities explored or even the culmination was just pretty open ended, that left me wondering what was the point. Having two good looking leads who also act well, should hav mad the job easier but only if wishes could come true.

Harold, we are told lost his first love when he was 16, on the day the two boys kissed each other on the beach in Mexico. Harold cannot forget him even after all these years. Circa, present time, Harold is 40 and has just arrived to New York to teach acting at a new school. Just a couple of days later, he inadvertently finds himself sharing his airbnb with a 17 year old boy Felix, who pretty much walks around in just shorts and who keeps flirting with Harold on any given opportunity. We see a continuous sexual tension, witH Harold trying his best to not cross the line. He continues to be his friend, because the kid reminds him of his lost boyfriend, even mentor him but only having sex with age appropriate men. Felix and Harold continue to have arguments about Felix wanting more from him and the film then just randomly ends.

I have a lot of issues with the film, right from the way direction was done. There were so many instances when a scene was going on that t he camera was focussed on random things than people's faces and body while they are talking. It was everywhere except where it should be. It felt novel at first bit then irritating. I mean why would you hide thecae and show only the body? What are you trying to prove? Also, Felix ending up sharing the same airbnb after he ran away from home seemed just too convenient. The two lead actors do convincing job, especially the very cute Felix in a very enigmatic role, because you don't know what's going on; but besides that you keep waiting for something to happen, but really nothing at all does and I was very disappointed by the time it ended. There are repeated random flashbacks from 24 years ago of the lost boyfriend and sand and beach, which again, after a while feel like fillers. I wanted more from this film. Good looks can hold your attention only so much. (3.5/10)
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