Even after watching quite a bit of gay themed characters and films from both China and Japan, I don't know why, every single time I am surprised. Maybe, because in my mind, the subject is so taboo there, that I look forward to anything from these two countries. Sadly, its been mixed bag so far. This film deals with the study of gay make hustlers in contemporary China, a theme that could have been interesting but this film is utterly bland.
In modern-day Beijing, two boys from the same family end up on opposite ends of the same moral spectrum. Xiao Bo turns to a life of prostitution because he has this idea that men, like women, have a duty to fulfill their destiny as mammals by 'feeding' others.. His brother Dabin is an Evangelical Christian who wants to save his brother losing himself completely. Scheming to convince the boys of Beijing to reform their ways and find a path to happiness that doesn’t force them to sell their bodies on the streets, Dabin himself gets involved in prostitution when Xiao Bo goes missing.
On paper, the theme is interesting but only if the director had an idea on how to direct a film. I blame it all on screenplay and direction. Why was this even made? The constant shaky camera, bad audio, barely any light in any of shots and stuff like this doesn't help. It's an extremely boring and weird film and its really really hard to find anything decent to talk about this film. I mean, some low budget movies can be decent too, but this one was torture. It seemed to be a poorly written series of scenes involving male prostitutes, dopey Christians, and people who die whenever they get a bad mood on. Time wasted that will never come back. (0.5/10)
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