I LOVE LOVE Fluke (and really that's an understatement). I first watched him in Until We Meet Again (his most recent work) so going back and watching his earlier works has been honestly a thrill. He really did a good job in this movie and his acting has only improved. It's no wonder that he can play such an emotional role so well since he's had plenty of practice over the years. And honestly he's just so cute, which I won't lie makes some of the sex scenes unsettling because he seems so innocent. Fuhrer did an amazing role as Night. I felt he portrayed all the emotions very well and I definitely felt the sense of loss/confusion.
Look, I'm not going to get too much into continuity errors (anyone with a high school level background in science would know that blood would coagulate in those bottles but I digress lol) and anything can happen in these cinematic universe's especially when you're dabbling in the supernatural. Overall I would recommend this movie especially if you love BL and/or Fluke as much as I do.
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It really depends on what you're looking for
I think the general feeling about this movie for everyone is that it's weird. And it is, and I think that's the charm of it.The first thing I felt about it is how it has a Let The Right One In vibe, which is very good because it's one of my favorite vampire movies ever - it's quiet and slow but it's so, so creepy.
Not everything is good, of course - I really think this movie could be sooo much more, there are some parts that are a little bit non-intentionally confusing, the pacing for some parts are kind of not in tune with the rest of the movie, it's like it tries to be conceptual but it ends up just being not great.
But I think the best thing in it is the subtle things. How it deals with Wine's emotional dependency on being loved, at the same time he's making Night/Nam dependent on him while manipulating other people for his comfort. How Tee's internalized homophobia led him to be manipulated. How Boy's devotion to Wine was solely based on material stuff and sex.
Of course I can't help but comment on Fluke's acting - I already loved him in Until We Meet Again and the only reason I wanted to watch this movie is precisely seeing him doing something more than a sweet boy. Fluke's capacity to look cute but creepy is amazing, you can see in his eyes everything about Wine's current emotions, be them good or bad.
Wine's slow descend to madness/detachment was one of the highlights throughout the movie - one of the scenes I loved the most was that the spark of sympathy he felt for Tee was actually just because he found another target to get blood from, even though he probably let Tee live because he truly loved him once (which didn't happen to Boy, the difference in treatment from Wine between the two is blatant).
Acting, directing, photography and OST are on point, I just think it really stops on being just 'weird' and not 'good'. You have to be really used to watching weird movies to actually like it. Still, can't take its credit from trying and actually even succeeding in some parts.
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Takes a 2nd viewing to get into
Wasn’t that impressed the first time I watched it, but after watching it a second time it definitely grew on me and I actually kind of enjoyed it. Still not the best BL movie out there, but the acting is very good and it definitely gets points for originality. An interesting story, to say the least; although I do feel like the director could’ve gone just slightly bigger with the scenes and storyline since she had such an interesting plot to work with. I do realize that there was already so much going on, but something about it still felt just a little too “muted”, if that makes any sense. The love scenes were also decent. Again, not the best ones out there, but still pretty good. The original song that was featured in it was ok. A typical Thai song for a soundtrack, which is fine, but it didn’t stand out nearly enough to make me want to buy it. The incidental music was fine. It didn’t distract me from what was happening and wasn’t overly cheesy. Overall, everything was pretty average. Definitely not a bad movie, but not great either. I won’t be having it on repeat, but I’ll probably watch it every once in awhile.Was this review helpful to you?
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wow, wow, wow.
honestly, i dont really write reviews for dramas/movies but this needed one.i originally only watched it because fluke was in it and i found this movie a while ago, didnt know what it was, and found out fluke was in it last night while i was watching a UWMA crack video on youtube.
this movie was great, ill break it down.
cast/acting: the cast choice was amazing. they all played their part very well. nights acting was great, pin-pointing the facial expressions, bed scenes, etc. i loved flukes acting the most because in this movie hes like a... slutty serial killer and MAN did i enjoy that! the whole time i was like " YEAHH!! GET EM!! "
story: the over all plot was amazing as well. the fact that night couldnt consume any human food or any type of blood except for human. of course every show has their own take on vampires but you guys do you, im not here to judge but only to watch. :)
also with how wine found night was a good touch. at the beginning of the movie ( spoilers for the beginning lmao ) it starts off with wine sleeping with a man named tee which he has known for a long time and loves him very much. tee, according to himself, is not gay and just wanted intercourse with wine o just anyone but since wine is always around, tee chose him. tee's friends then decided to mess with wine and tell him that tee told them that he was gay and wanted to meet him at an abandoned building, where he meets night... so that was kinda coolio, yah know?
script: honestly, the scrip was pretty well written. could have changed a few words here and there but i liked it.
music: the song choices were picked well based on what was happening in the film. it was pretty quiet but dont wanna block the beautiful voices now do we? 555 ( ㅋㅋㅋ )
rewatch value: 8/10 [might rewatch but not sure]
overall: overall, good film... for real. if you like a mildly-intense, steamy, murderous film * holds out hands * here yah go.
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Love was never there
The movie is psychologically phenomenal.It is horror — but not in the way you might expect.
The most horrifying part isn’t gore or violence — it’s the realism of the characters.
Wine is a deeply lonely character.
He clings to anyone who fills that void.
If someone says they love him, he simply mirrors it — not because he truly loves them, but because he doesn’t know how to.
Love, to him, is whatever makes the loneliness stop — even briefly.
The men around him ,Tee and Boy are no better.
They take advantage of Wine’s need for affection.
And Wine lets them, because even if it's hollow, they still say they love him.
Nobody sees him as a person.
Only a body, a vessel for their desires.
Even Night — the quietest of them all — isn't a perfect contrast.
He’s passive. Emotionally distant.
His mere existence in Wine’s space is enough for Wine to cling to him too.
It’s not about connection — it’s about survival.
The story is devastating in a right way.
And the ending broke me.
The final scene — with Wine clinging to the guitar in jail — says everything about who he is.
Still waiting. Still holding on.
Still believing someone might come back for him if he just stays there long enough.
Sorry for spoiling but movie is damn good, not enough people appreciate it.
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Obsession, Betrayal, and doing the unthinkable for love.
Okay. This movie was AWESOME! I absolutely LOVED it!! I love Fluke, (especially in UWMA) and his character in this move was superb! A stark contrast from his previous innocent, baby angel personalities from his other series. Like, for real. You’ll barely recognize him as the same person. He looks the same (adorable!), but his actions in this series will give you a WHOLE NEW outlook on him! Wine (Fluke) meets Nam (Later named Night by Wine due to the fact Nam has amnesia) in an abandoned building after Wine is sent there as a prank by his (asshole) “boyfriend”. Night needs blood to survive. How will Wine obtain this blood for the boy he has been waiting for his entire life? This is a story about a boy (Wine) who is tormented and taken advantage of by the people who claim to love him, and the vampire he meets who falls in love with him, and the lengths Wine will go to to ensure the survival of not only the life of his true love, but the survival of their relationship, as well. It’s dark. Not a light and fluffy story! Oh. And the majority of the cast spends a LOT of the movie in their tighty-whities... So there’s that too! Because I have no shame in saying, I love my BL’s with sex, too! I would DEFINITELY recommend this movie!Was this review helpful to you?
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Most people rate this badly because they don't understand it
I'm writing this review purely because I feel its been given the same injustice that The Blue Hour has, and ironically enough, for the exact same plot twist.Night was never real. He was a figment of Wine's imagination created for him to deal with not being loved the way he wanted to be. He created the perfect boyfriend in his mind and, huzzah, can also use him as an excuse to torture his ex-boyfriend and get P'Boy out of the picture.
Night only comes into existence the night that Wine is left alone in the abandoned building with the realization that Tee, the boy he was in love with, had tricked him and was probably off making fun of him with his mates.
When he slit his wrists to feed Night, and Night found him on the floor passed out, this was actually a suicide attempt.
The final scene is a perfect wrap up of the movie if you view Night as an imaginary character. It makes no sense for him to be real and to magically appear in a jail cell with him.
Most people assume that he's just imagining Night in the final scene, but that he's real in all the others. Which is fair; each to their own.
The movie. however, makes much more sense and is a better watch if you treat Night as a catalyst for symbolism and a reflection of Wine's emotional turmoil.
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Interesting~
So at first I wasn't going to watch it because it seems that almost everyone didn't like it. But I still wanted to give it a try, and wow... I don't get the negative comments about it..?Some people said it contained too much sex scenes and well, it's rated 18+ so you should've known it before starting, I guess. Also, some said the storyline is not clear or illogical. I think it was so clear and I understood everything, except the last part, which they left it like that on purpose. But isn't it easy to think that Night was just in Wine's imagination, and Wine probably committed suicide in the prison?
The acting was so good, especially Wine (Fluke). He portrayed the character so well. Some people are saying his character wasn't good and he didn't actually like Night, but I think it's obvious that he is mentally not ok. Also, he wanted to get blood for Night, and that's why he acted like he still loved the other two guys.
I don't think it deserves the hate it gets, people are just too critical and see what they want to see...
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When I first started this show I expected some BL that would wow me, something I would want to rewatch. But what I got wasn't exactly that. There are some slight sex scenes, which i'm usually okay with, but they were just too much for me. It wasn't the fact that they were having sex, but the fact that the main character did it with multiple people.
Also, one of the characters threw me off. He grossed me out. Boy, a man who is most likely way older than Wine, confessed his love and ended up having sex. This was probably the part that made me dislike it the most.
Another thing that made me rate it lower than it could've been was how creepy Wine was acting when he retrieved blood for Night. I won't say how he was being creepy, for the people who haven't read it yet, but it was too much for me.
Wine smiling all the time was weird also.
I didn't like the guy who recognized Night, because it messed up the ship, but that was the least of my worries when I watched this show.
Other than those few setbacks, the story was really good. The writing had a lot of potential, and the acting was good too. If the parts I did not like were replaced with softer versions (or taken out and replaced entirely) it might've been better, but that is my opinion. This show is not for people with weak hearts, like me. It is for those who enjoy hot, bloody, violence filled, and creepy shows. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone starting BL or still in their beginning stages.
Then again, I did not finish this show. I was unable to finish, even though I got till a little more than twenty minutes were left, because I ran out of time and the bad parts were too much for me.
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I really enjoyed this movie. I really enjoyed the acting, especially Fluke's. I have seen him in other things and I've never seen him play such a scary role, but he really pulled it off. Since I've seen him in Until We Meet Again and My Bromance I was not expecting him to pull off how crazy he is at the end. I knew he was a little off since he just let some random guy lick him when he injured himself but when he hits Boy with that bat I was genuinely shell shocked. I really don't know what to think about the ending of the movie though... They talk about how if you believe in something enough it will happen. But since he kept the guitar with him is it implied that Night came back to him when he is in the jail cell and they leave together? Or is he just crazy and he hallucinated Night coming back to him? Also why the frick did Night get into that trash can? I know that Wine popped out of it previously but what was he thinking by hiding in that trash can? He told Wine not to look for him so he wasn't expecting to be found... Was he just planning to die there and he heard Wine getting arrested and he went to go save Wine after he got arrested? If he was just going to save Wine why did he leave Wine in the first place? If you have any theories I'd love to hear them. I am so confused. I dislike open endings. Was this review helpful to you?
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FLUKE!!! WHY!!!
Things that I like about the movie:- I'll be completely honest here; I only watched this movie because of Fluke. Everyone by now should know how much of an OhmFluke stan I am, so I was excited to see one of Fluke's earlier roles. That being said...DAMN, FLUKE!!!! Okay, this is a role I'd never expected from Fluke Natouch, especially since my first time seeing him was when he played "Pharm" in UWMA. His role as "Wine" in this movie is the complete opposite of Pharm. Where Pharm was the quiet, shy little virgin, Wine is a eager, sex-crazed, love-struck psychopath. I don't think I will ever look at Pharm the same way again, and the fact that Fluke was only 19 YEARS OLD when he did this movie is mindblowing. But that's not a bad thing. The fact that he was able to play such a role in his earlier years, and manage to play a softer role in his current years, speaks high volumes for his acting chops. Fluke is such a strong diverse actor able to pull off any role he's given.
- I've talked about the actor himself, now let's talk about his character in the movie. Wine is a psychopath, there's no two ways around it. That being said, you also see in the beginning that he was trying to find other ways to help quench Night's unique diet, and he was running out of options fast. In Wine's eyes, he not only found a magical, tortured creature of the night, but he also FINALLY found someone who seemed to truly love him for HIM. Not just loving him in private, and not just to dominate him. Even in public, he sees that Night proudly claims Wine as his, and that only deepens how much Wine doesn't want to let him go. Wine is the perfect example of the great lengths even the most sanest of people will go to for love, and how love can be blind. Even though he slowly loses himself to madness, I can't help but feel sympathy for him because I believe if there was any other way to feed Night's appetite for human blood, he would, but using his own blood isn't a permanent solution, no animal blood can be a substitution, and giving Night up or letting him die wasn't an option. Even though we see Wine going mad, we still see that he compassion for others when he agrees to let Tee go rather than let him die.
- I gave credits to our leading star, so let me go over the other casts. All in all, the main cast of this movie were all excellent. Wine has 3 main love interest, each with their own unique perception of love, and each actor were able to perfectly capture those perceptions.
- Of the 3 love interest, my top favorite has to go to Steven Fuhrer, who plays the vampire "Night" in the movie. Night was honestly the least destructive out of the three, which is surprising given that he was the one drinking human's blood. Having amnesia and having Wine be the first person he sees at his weakest, naturally he clings to Wine. He sees the length Wine will go to make sure Night is taken care of which includes slicing his finger or wrists, and it honestly pains him. He has the most compassion for Wine and hates to see him hurt himself for Night's sake, which says a lot about his character. Even towards the end when he sees how evil Wine was becoming on his behalf, he still couldn't find it in him to berate Wine. He instead puts the blame on himself and takes himself out of the equation, which honestly broke my heart to see.
- Nontapat, who plays Wine's closeted ex-boyfriend "Tee" was also one I sympathized to an extent. You have the typical closeted guy with a secret boyfriend, who tries to cut ties when people start asking questions. You can see the mental war Tee was having with himself in the beginning when it came to Wine. When he feels himself slowly dying, that's when he lets his true feelings show. It saddened me that he picked the that moment to come clean about how much he loves Wine, because at that point Wine was so far gone to really believe or care. But the writers perfectly captured the ongoing struggle of someone in the closet along with the unique situations of the plot.
- I don't really care about this part, but I know a lot of BL fans look for this kind of stuff, so I'll bring it up. Yes, there is plenty of steamy bed scenes, and yes, it's hot ?
Things that I didn't like about the movie:
- Let's talk about the writing for a moment. While I do give credit for the uniqueness of this storyline, I have to admit that it was still messy, especially towards the second half. It started to feel rushed and disjointed. So much was happening all at once with no room to breathe.
- I think the most unsatisfying thing about this movie was its ending. It wasn't necessarily a sad ending, nor was it a happy ending. It actually kindof felt...incomplete? I think the idea of creating an open ending that leaves it to the viewers imagination can sometimes work, and other times it doesn't. While we do have a satisfying result for Wine's actions, and we can understandably see what Wine is doing, it still leaves the viewers confused as to what happens to them.
- Of all the characters, I think Boy is the least developed of the main characters. I felt he wasn't fleshed out as much as the others, and from what we do see of him, you could say he was the most dangerous of Wine's love interest. He comes off as creepy and possessive. He even admits that he's always wanted to rape Wine. Excuse me, what? Honestly if Wine had told Night about that, he might have been more understanding, but Boy was nearly naked and tied up soooo...maybe not.
Overall Thoughts:
This is my first reaction to a BL movie, rather than a show, so I wasn't sure how I wanted to go about this. Shows on TV have limits to what can be shown and what they can represent, but when you have a movie meant to be on the big screen, you have more freedom on what you want to create. Here we have a Dark Erotic BL Thriller about the dangers of love.
I'll be completely honest, I was ready to say how much this movie sucked and how it plays like a bad porn but with better acting. What changed my tune was reading up on other people's reviews, and they pointed out a lot of things that I haven't really thought about in my first initial thoughts of the movie.
There's no question that the writing was messy, but I can also arguably say that it was very creative and thought provoking. Like I said earlier, you have 3 completely different interpretations of love with Wine's 3 love interest. The closeted kind of love, the compassionate kind of love, and the dominant kind of love. And I love how the most destructive depiction of love DIDN'T come from the vampire, but as a normal human man.
Fluke as I said delivered a spectacular performance as Wine, but so did the rest of the cast. The acting, plus the originality of the story, was what made this an enjoyable movie to watch. However, there is still the matter of the the disjointed second half of the movie and the unsatisfying ending. Is it a masterpiece? No? But it does have it's charm, and also delivers a lot of steamy bed scenes for those who loves watching hot guys get it on. Yes, you will have plenty of those!
In closing, I appreciate this movie more than I originally thought, and I feel like this movie has a bad rep simply because it's one of those movies where you really have to THINK about what all is going on. It's one of those movies where you have to watch more than once to really grasp it. I don't hate it as much as I thought I would, and I honestly found myself watching it more than once, so a big plus for that.
Rank: 7.5/10
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