Secret (2025)

The bad reviews are from people who just can't handle dark dramas

It's actually quite funny how many dark shows/shorts receive poor ratings just because they contain unsettling themes, and when the synopsis is as blunt as this one, the blame falls wholly on the viewer. If you are uncomfortable with themes such as kidnapping and rape then don't watch it, simple as that. This isn't for you.

I liked this short kbl because of the acting from the main lead. His portrayal of the trauma bleeding into numbness and eventually breaking down to tears really manages to evoke emotion from us as the audience, and it's exceptionally well done. The twist of the second lead being in on the kidnapping wasn't really a shock as it was easy to guess, but I enjoyed the psychological aspect and the unsettling environment over the 3 episodes.

I really wish people who can't handle dark shit to just stay away and let those of us who understand what these shows are trying to portray to enjoy it without criticism.

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this, not for the faint of heart

well this was majorly f*cked up, from the start Yu-Ho was suspect, there was something about him that made u raise your eyebrows, as his attitude & behavior didn't fit the situation he & Jeong-Su found themselves in.
it makes me wonder WTF, why would anyone do that. but given Yu-Ho's wondering questions (in ep 2), am guessing that when he asked "...if "they" were gonna sell the footage overseas...", wondering "if they will be famous..." makes me think he & the masked guy work together & this is how they make money - i.e sex tapes & their genre is kidnapped men forced into "performing".

the main question; why he targeted Jeong-Su? or is that part of their MO, targeting unsuspecting guys Yu-Ho knows or is attracted too, drugging them & basically raping, humiliating & abusing them. & as they r drugged multiple times during the "session" it's easier to make them believe, it was all a dream. guess their own psychic will do that, just to help them deal with what they were put through.

either way, whomever thought this up is diabolic & evil(!) cause leave what was done to Jeong-Su physically (which isn't anything to trivialize) but f*cking with him mentally. where even if he thinks it's a messed-up dream, the brain doesn't forget & subconsciously he is carrying this trauma around... who knows how it will pop-up & what type of PTSD reaction will occur, the saddest part - he wont know how to deal with whatever, as he doesn't remember. so how can he come to term's with /accept/ forgive what he doesn't remember?!? plain wicked -

this wasn't a fun watch (even though Yu-Ho cracked me up cause of his weird ass behavior or rather Jeong-Su astonishment at his behavior, laughed out loud in ep 2) but the last ep broke me. the actor playing Jeong-Su pulled u into his break-down & how he slowly lost it. hard to sit & just watch detached from what was happening to him on screen, even the fact u knew it was just acting didn't lessen how bad it made u feel - very uncomfortable, yet phenomenal acting.
still, i don't know how to rate this cause i feel like giving this a high rating is being an accomplice in what was done to Jeong-Su - weird i know. but it is what it is

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FASCINANTE E INTRIGANTE (MAS INCOMPLETO)

Primeiro de tudo quero deixar claro que essa não é uma obra para todo mundo, você tem todo o direito de gostar ou desgostar, mas isso não significa que você pode dizer que ela não deveria existir, esse tipo de pensamento é pura censura e isso não pode existir na arte.
Evite aquilo que você não gosta, mas não faça pouco caso de um projeto por puro preconceito e desconforto (até porque esse é o propósito).

Pronto, agora sim podemos começar.

Esse é um projeto curtinho de 3 episódios que nos mostra o sequestro de 2 homens que são forçados a fazer sexo um com o outro enquanto são filmados. A premissa me lembrou o filme "A Serbian Film" (filme esse que eu até que gosto bastante). Em "A Serbian Film" temos pessoas ricas e poderosas sequestrando e orquestrando abuso de pessoas para seu bel prazer, seus fetiches doentios são filmado e vendidos por muito dinheiro, e aqui conforme vamos avançando descobrimos que é exatamente a mesma coisa.

Faltou tempo de tela para trabalharem melhor a ideia do projeto (foi mal desenvolvido), mas a mensagem de reação ao trauma e vivência dramática e dolorosa foi muito bem feita e os atores estão de parabéns nisso. As cenas são longas para que você consiga sentir o terror e desespero se fundindo com o prazer das pessoas ao redor, é propositalmente desconfortável e eu acho muito magnético. Eu amo projetos que são crus e não te poupam de nada porque sentir emoções extremas é algo muito fascinante de se acompanhar e ruminar.

O final nos da um gostinho de como é o trauma mal tratado e como ele volta para te assombrar (e tem obviamente as pontas soltas que poderiam ter sido desenvolvidas com um maior tempo de tela).

Enfim, esse é um projeto para ser experienciado e retrata sequestro e abuso sexual, então mantenha isso em mente e se afaste se esses forem temas sensíveis para você.

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