Light Up is an intimate documentary that focuses on the lives of five people in Atlanta—four Black gay men and one Black transgender woman. It’s a really personal look at their backstories and how they’ve dealt with prejudice and mental health struggles because they felt they had to hide who they truly were. The big thing they all share is that every person interviewed has found a way to push through those hard times. Now, they're all at a place where they feel totally comfortable being themselves and speaking their truth. The five people sharing their journeys are Simone Tisci, Derek Jae, Octavius Terry, Obio Jones, and Benjamin Carlton. Derek Jae is already pretty well-known from reality TV, while Simone Tisci is a successful makeup artist who is now working on breaking into acting. Then there’s Octavius Terry, who used to be a record-breaking track and field star. He actually cut his athletic career short because he was so scared his coaches and teammates would find out he was ...
Lawyer Issac lives with his sister Emily in a house given to them by their adoptive parents. Both these individuals have some kind of childhood trauma which we don't get into details till later. Issac has a girlfriend but he always looks for excuses to not get intimate. His friends have always suspected he is gay, but he refuses it. Enter Mark, the new gorgeous roommate and before you know Issac and Mark are now a couple. Just when Issac thinks he has found happiness, two secrets come for fore. Emily and Issac find out that their adoptive father was the one abusing them as kids after their biological mother couldn't pay his fees after her run from her abusive husband. Second, it turns out that Mark is married and has a son. Why and how is he their roommate is never explained. Issac is initially heartbroken but he decides to take revenge on Mark and not leave him in peace. In the most bizarre series of events that lead to a botched up climax, Mark and his wife die in a car accident and magically in his will, he leaves his son for Issac who is more than happy to raise him.
Your surprise is as weird and genuine as mine when the climax and the weird ending happening. I was like WTF! Isaac's weird confrontation was so out of hand, why did he have the need to confront Mark when they were clearly not his issues? As if acting by Issac wasn't bad enough, the dialogues were cringe worthy from pretty much everyone. I mean, clearly everyone was just acting without feeling. It has that typical lousy piano music between every scene, that typical sound that is so common with bad television movies. The only real good thing about this film was Mark. Extremely gorgeous, acted well and was the only saving grace of this baffling screenplay and film. Emily's character was half baked, the whole camaraderie between Issac and his friends was all made up and didn't seem natural at all. An uninspiring film, which can be easily missed, only if not for the gorgeous Mark. (3/10)
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