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 ...
John is an eighteen year old Latino male prostitute, living in the poorest area of Hollywood, L.A. He often steals condoms and medicine from the local stores to support himself, due to his inexperience in the hustling world. Peaches is a black trans prostitute, who often helps John financially. Miguel is an older hustler that teaches John how to please men. John often spends his night wandering through the street, looking for older men to buy him for the night. His clients, men who come from all level of society, share with John their stories and secrets. This is pretty much what the film is about. John is young and naive and while he learns the ropes of this world, he has to also deal with HIV scare because of some bad choices of customers that he makes.
Shot with an iPhone, casting mostly non-professional actors for the sake of authenticity, this film was not my cuppa tea at all. The actor playing John tries to bring an authentic portrayal to the role he is supposed to play but overall, I kept looking for where is the film headed to. He is cute and all and brings a nice mix of naiivity and hopes to survive, but thats not enough. The actor (or real life sex worker, I don't know) playing Peaches was so over the top ; it was almost blinding. The whole equation between John and his friend trying to teach him the online world of sex was also very confusing. How do they know, what's the interest etc; it all just baffled me. I was quite disappointed by the overall result. And then when I goto IMDB and check the seven 10/10 reviews, I couldn't help but chuckle on things people will do to get good ratings for their film. And for God's sake why is this film called an "action" film in all those reviews is beyond me. Save your time and watch some other more relevant documentaries on this subject. (2/10)
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