4Minutes

Disappointed 4 Minutes

First off the acting was superb. Second there was a lot more ass on display than I care for and I am not opposed to nudity when warranted. It wasn’t but not to say it was done in poor taste. I am just not an ass person. So it just looked like it was done for shock value than needed scenery. If they showed back or abs it would be more pleasant for me. But that’s just a style choice the director. The sex scenes were definitely soft porn. It looks like they were really doing it.

The chemistry was there for all 3 couple. The main couple. The second couple. The cheating half of the second couple with the officer. They really deliver on the sex and kissing. That 17 year old actor was not a frigid actor who have qualms about kissing and nudity. I know people are mad about him being young and doing it with older actors. I don’t know about y’all but 17 year old boys are full of hormones and a lot have sex at this age. Women need to stop portraying girl’s safety issue of rape and pregnancy into gay male norms. It stigmatized gay boys with straight girl social norms which is what most of the BL fandom consist of.

Anyway, I am disappointed with this series being in a loop of 3X. I don’t know if this is an alternate universe series or whatnot but I feel cheated of a good beginning middle and end series. I don’t know what I expected but this was not it. I don’t think I had any expectations other than to see a well written series. I feel like this series was a screenwriter writing the same idea of a story and the rewrote it 2 times more. This was the result. As someone who use to write stories this was something did a lot. This was very reminiscent of that writing exercise I did in creative writing class.

This is why I gave it a low rating in story but high marks for acting. In the end I was very disappointed with this series. Not the actors.

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4 Minutes

I will keep it short simply because I just couldn't get into the story. At times I was lost but did carry on watching the whole series. The acting was good. the script was OK but the MLs.. only my opinion didn't connect for me. Yes the Sex scenes were there in all there glory. Tonkla and Korns sex scene at the beginning was well acted but after that we didn't see them till much later as Korn was playing the field so that turned me right off him. Great and Tyme were the other MLs but nothing really happened between them that stood out. Series could have been a lot better. There were to many storylines to follow for me and at times was a frustrating watch.
Well worth watching to make your own take on the series as to some it was great series.

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Good, was waiting for her to be great

I liked the first half of the show and the overall concept it started with on the 4 minutes. The first half was intriguing, perplexing, wonderfully confusing and very enjoyable and I enjoyed the chemistry between what was marketed as the main characters.
However, there was a shift somewhere that changed the whole dynamic of the show. The resolution of the show for me felt no better than the hated ‘it was all a dream’. It got really slow and focused too many really long scenes some characters in a single episode that you forget that there’s other characters in the show. I feel they did too much and followed too many characters to address in 8 episodes.
Maybe because the show only had 8 episodes they fumbled wrapping it up well and left so many loose ends that for me I needed tied.

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it's not worth the hype

Should I start with the fact that 80% of this was sexual content? what was with Tonkla and that raw chicken thing and also the fact that he was a LITERAL MINOR (or almost a minor? idk, but it doesn't matter) unfortunately I found out after I finished watching it, otherwise I would have dropped it.

CHARACTERS
In the beginning, I liked the natural way the main couple was connecting, and I also liked the fact that they weren't likable, they were such grey characters, it really added to the depth of the show. I didn't really like them as a couple though, they didn't have good chemistry nor did they have enough good interactions for me to feel anything for them. Everything about the romance was rushed and empty. Korn and Tonkla pissed me off, but even though Tonkla had a lot going on (I won't say bc spoilers), he literally carried the show. If I pretend the sex scenes don't exist, the character's story was really interesting and was very well portrayed by the actor, the youngest actor was surprisingly the better actor. Korn was just there to be another shitty character, he literally did nothing, he was just there to be like "omg why is this happening" and to be a bad person, no purpose, no depth. Win was even worse, what did he even do on the show? He was doing NOTHING, every time he was on the show he was 1. having sex with Tonkla 2. Doing a lot of nothings just wandering around. Not even as an inspector he was good, unbelievable.

MUSIC
Please, do I even need to say anything? Terrible soundtrack, Tyme had a terrible random 5m music clichê moment, and then the BL ends with a KinnPorshe song... It's like they just didn't give af about the music lmao, it made the whole viewing experience so empty.

STORY
The plot had SO MUCH potential, like the whole 4 minute concept was really interesting, the execution? terrible. They focused too much on the sex scenes, like the first half of the show nothing really happened and it was just Tonkla being horny with whoever was in front of him. Dude calm down with that raw thing pls, this was legit porn, they didn't need to show THAT MUCH. i swear to god i saw a dildo somewhere, Win's thing was literally hanging please tell me i'm not the only one who saw that omg.
Then they rushed the 2nd half, it's like they realized "wait, this is supposed to have a plot" and then made everything happen at once and it was bad. I don't agree with the people who said it was confusing, I think it was the opposite, I literally figured it out (the whole 4 minute thing) in the beginning, it was so obvious, and then the so called "confusing part" was just them trying to turn something simple into something confusing just to make it seem like it was WOW, but it ended up being meh. poorly written, everything about it except Tonkla's story was bad. But it could have been something so good if they had given less screen time to other characters' sex lives and focused more on creating a meaningful connection between the main characters and building the whole 4 minute plot.

PRODUCTION
It was a wasted good production because even though the execution of the story was shit, it was really well produced, you can tell it had a higher budget than other BLs. The colors, I liked how they tried different angles and the cinematography... everything about the production was pleasant and nice.

To sum it up, it was a good production of badly written sci-fi and an empty romance full of porn. If you like that, enjoy. But since the actor who did most of the sex scenes was underage/too young, I wouldn't recommend it.

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average bl drama that could have been great if executed differently

The drama started with a unique and well-executed storyline but became confusing in the second half. To be honest, I had no idea what was going on—which storyline was the real one? What was happening? In the end, it all made sense, but it was kind of disappointing. Also, they could have done a better job of editing the scenes. It is a real shame as the drama started really strong.

On the other hand, the acting was superb, especially the second leads, Korn and Tonkla, who stole the show. The intimate scenes were 🔥

Overall, it was an average BL drama that could have been great if executed differently.

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It was all in his head

If you don’t recognize my profile picture, Ms. Minutes, you should know I have a deep appreciation for time-travel narratives and the intricate storytelling they can achieve. This series certainly set out to explore those complexities, but in execution, the timeline is poorly conveyed and often frustratingly incoherent.

Episodes 1 - 4 leave the audience in the dark about a crucial narrative device: Great’s dual timelines. In one, he saves people using his four-minute vision; in the other, he does not. The reveal comes far too late, and by that point I was more mentally exhausted than intrigued. To make matters worse, the show frequently shuffles scenes that take place before Dome’s death and after, a disorienting choice that dilutes emotional impact. And then, in episode 7, we learn that none of it “actually” happened. It was all in Great’s head. It happened when he was coding during 4 minutes lack of oxygen. There was no seeing the future 4 minutes ahead...NOTHING! That revelation undermines the tension built up across the earlier episodes.

There are also narrative threads that feel like they don't belong to neither timeline. For example, the woman at the temple who shakes a fortune-telling bowl before inexplicably hiring a hitman. Or the hooded figure who stoned to death someone with no identity revealed. Or the unseen character who secretly records Title and Great disposing of Dome’s body, only to discard the evidence in the mud rather than hand it to police. Even more glaring is the disappearance of Title’s supposed girlfriend, who is introduced only to be erased from the story as if she never existed. Aslo, we do not know who killed Title's Dad, the Police Chief.

Most troubling is Tyme’s storyline. His parents and grandmother were brutally murdered, yet there is no real closure. The man who killed them ends up bedridden and incapacitated (NOT by Tyme but by his occupational hazard. he was badly beaten by some random guy and ended up in ICU), but Great’s parents who were deeply complicit in the killings escape accountability entirely. This lack of resolution is disappointing, especially when Tyme’s grief and quest for justice were positioned as the emotional backbone of the series.

When you consider it, more than half of the series’ events never “happened.” That choice robs the story of consequence and leaves major arcs unresolved. I will give credit where it is due: the cinematography, lighting, editing, and performances were consistently strong. The production design deserves recognition as well. But in the end, I walked away unsatisfied. The series promised a layered time-travel narrative, yet delivered a disjointed and incomplete experience.

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Would’ve Worked Better as a 2-Hour Movie, Story Feels Stretched

Honestly, I would’ve liked it more as a 2-hour movie rather than a series. Maybe it’s a budget thing, but it really felt like they stretched the story out.

First, the acting. Nothing felt weird or cringey—they all played their characters well. The cinematography was fine too, no issues there. But the forced happy ending? That didn’t sit right with me. It made no sense for Great’s character to still be alive, almost like he was being given a chance to redeem himself just because he’s the main lead.

I’m also confused—did I miss why Tonkla didn’t kill Title? There were also a few unnecessary characters, like Dr. Den’s female patient. And Manee, the woman Great hit, has these random scenes where she’s alive, and there’s also this mystery about her child’s death(?)Plus the temple scene. But isn’t this Great’s memory that’s supposed to be fixed in 4 minutes? It all got a bit confusing, and it’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.

But that’s how the real world is, right? No one’s entirely good or sinless. Nothing’s purely black or white; it’s all gray, just like real people.

Oh, and I have to mention—the product placement wasn’t smooth at all. It really stood out, especially in that swimming pool scene with the sunscreen. But, whatever.

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My take of it

I absolutely love time travel plots. I can eat it all day even if it isn't perfect. and it wasn't hard for me to understand the ending at all. not sure why people got so confused, it was actually simple.

Actually I get why, the series organize the events wrong. It's not that good, in my opinion. They could have organized them so much better in a way that much easier to consume, but it wasn't that bad. At least it does make sense in the end, most of the time. There are parts that didn't make a lot of sense but I forgive them for it.

The thing that really bother me is that the main couple got so little screen time. and that very hurt their story and the series in the end. instead they focus too much on the brother and his crazy lover. while his lover was an interesting character, I admit, with him murdering people, I prefer to know and watch more the main couple. Not sure why they give them so little screen time, it's insane. minor characters should not get so much screen time! it's not their series.

Though I did enjoy the main character's story and events, I wish they got more closure and screen time to become much deeper characters. but for the episodes they got, they were good at least the actors.

overall it could have being much better organize story but it's not that bad. it's nice and short for what they're aiming for.

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A COMPLEX WATCH

4Minutes is definitely not your typical BL series. If you're expecting something light and easy to watch, this isn't it. I’ll be honest, I found it a bit confusing at first. Some viewers even suggested starting from episode 3 to understand it better. But I dove in from the beginning and decided to just go with the flow.

Once you settle into its rhythm, though, it’s pretty intriguing, and you start to see why it gets such high ratings. It’s not just a story you watch, it's one you have to think through. You’ll find yourself analyzing each scene, trying to figure out what’s real and what’s just in Great’s head.

Yes, some scenes repeat, but that’s actually part of the whole experience. It’s not lazy storytelling, it’s deliberate. The repetition reflects Great’s chaotic, looping thoughts, especially since the biggest twist is that everything we're watching are just his mental WHAT IFS during a near-death experience. Wild, right?

The series tackles some heavy stuff, such as death, grief, and loss. A lot of people were dead in this series and it’s not always easy to watch. The emotional weight is real and adds to the intensity of the whole thing.

Now… about the NC scenes. Let’s just say, if you’re not comfortable with very intimate scenes, you might be in for a shock. The bed scenes are some of the most explicit I’ve seen in a BL series. It’s not just steamy, it’s intense. If you’re conservative or not a fan of NC content, you might write this off as borderline porn (I laughed, but it’s kinda true). But to be fair, the intimacy also plays into the mental and emotional state of the characters, so it’s not just there for show.

Overall, 4Minutes is bold, experimental, and not for everyone, but if you’re up for a deeper, psychological ride that’s not afraid to push limits, it’s absolutely worth the watch.

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A Gripping Mystery That Explores Love, Regret, and the Complexity of the Human Mind

I enjoyed the show. The mystery was spot-on for me; there were no plot holes, and all the dots connected perfectly by the end. The way they revealed what "4 minutes" stands for was brilliantly executed.

However, there were some aspects of the plot that I wished had been clearer:

*The Love Between the Main Characters
While I could feel their love for each other, I struggled to believe that a week was enough time for their relationship to fully blossom. It felt rushed. I think the writer could have given them more time to deepen their emotions, which would have also allowed the audience to better understand their attraction and love.

*The Second Leads Should Have Been the Main Leads
Plot-wise, Korn and Tonkla's story was the origin of all the chaos that unfolded in the show. If they had been the main leads, the narrative might have felt more cohesive. I understand this would mean the show couldn't be titled 4 Minutes, but the second couple deserved more prominence—not just as supporting characters but as the primary focus.

*Lack of Character Depth
Most of the characters lacked background stories, except for Tonkla. This made it hard to connect with anyone else emotionally. Tonkla stood out because I could relate to his emotions and understood his motivations better. I wish the writers had explored the other characters’ backstories more, as it would have helped the audience form a deeper connection with them.

Overall, the show is a must-watch. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a series that kept me hooked from start to finish. I especially appreciated the main theme of the show: how complex our brains are and how they can create an entirely different life to help us cope with regrets. I totally recommend this show!

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