Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
The story kicks off when Sean, a guy in his thirties, crosses paths with Wolf, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, and there's instant chemistry between them. They head back to Sean's place and dive into an intense, sex heavy relationship. What starts out as just a random encounter gradually turns into something with more weight behind it. Wolf's got a laid back nature and makes extra cash turning tricks on the side, while Sean is the opposite, clingy, chatty, and pretty wound up emotionally. Building anything solid between them turns out to be a rocky process. Wolf keeps vanishing for stretches of time, Sean starts using drugs, and the whole thing feels like it's spiraling toward something bad for both of them.
There's been a wave of "found footage" style films lately, and it's possible Verow is either poking at that trend here or putting his own spin on it. The film leans heavily into explicit sexual content, but unlike straight up porn, that rawness ends up channeling into something emotionally real, feelings that come across as genuine rather than performed. The connection between the two leads actually feels believable and hits with real force. Performance wise it's fine, but personally I just couldn't get on board emotionally with what the film was going for or how it was put together. I'm sure there's an audience out there that would appreciate this exactly as it is. I understand the point the director was trying to make, but I think the film could've gone a lot further with a more straightforward approach and a lot less explicit material. (3/10)
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