Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
Huy is a young chef lives with his sister in the city. When covid slows down, his restaurant reopens, but he is found to be laid off from the job. This is primarily because of the jealousy of the other chef. .Oblivious to they information, his mother sends his childhood friend from village, Thang, so that he could stay for a few days with Huy and help him find a chef job. When Thang knows about his job situation, he decides to leave but on his way back he gets mugged, so Huy asks him to stay back for few days. Together they come up with an idea of starting a business from home called 2B chefs and start food delivery. Soon they start making money and before you know, they also fall in love with each other. Seeing their success, the other chef asks him to join the restaurant back but they refuse. A surprise visit from Thang's mother changes things when she wants her son back in village to get married. On request from the evil chef, she makes a plan to get her son back, but the plan fails, bringing the two boys even closer together to continue to run their successful business.
To be honest, I found this series very below average. The actors were strictly ok. Thang looked good and also acted decent. Huy was very ordinary and you could tell he was trying so hard to act. I actually have seen that actor is some other series too, I just can't remember the name. Huy's sister and Thang's mother again were also very ordinary actors and even characters. No one was given a proper character graph. The two boys knew each other from childhood, and we see some scenes of them together, but that doesn't add anything to the story. There is also an instance, of a boy who makes a move on Huy, which I guess was his ex-boyfriend or something; but again, that adds absolutely nothing to the overall storyline. Even the chemistry between the two boys is strictly ok. How do they fall for each other is also something that's not rally explored. Its like one fine day they are cooking and next day they are kissing.
You can safely stay away form this series/small film and not waste your time. It may have been something to talk about 4-5 years back, but with the advancement that Asian countries have shown in BL series, this one just didn't do it for me. Even the title doesn't make sense at all. (3/10)
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I still have to find a good vietnamese good BL I guess (I'll start my monster in law you reviewed that looks good).
I think Vietnam will tae a while before it comes us a decent BL show (like Thailand or Philippines movies)
Sarted monster in law and it really is funny for now. Then I'm excited to watch Romeu and Romeu you just reviewed. I'll let you know :)