The central problem with this experimental indie is not merely that its two leads are difficult to like; it is that the film gives their destructive behavior no meaningful dramatic purpose. Beto and August spend the entire movie together, yet the story never develops beyond a series of reckless episodes, leaving little reason for an audience to remain invested.
The pair meet at a skate park in LA and immediately seem drawn to one another. Their bond is built around skateboarding, intensely destructive habits, and conversations about life and death. Before long, they agree to end their lives together. The film then tracks their last day as they move through the city, stealing a car and, at one point, threatening to kill a young woman.
That outline is essentially the entire film: two men wandering around and creating chaos. Their actions feel random rather than revealing, and the movie offers no substantial explanation for either man's decision to die. It suggests unresolved trauma but never examines it, leaving the premise without the emotional or psychological foundation it needs.
The execution is just as thin. The leads never leave the screen for a single scene, but their performances generate no convincing chemistry, and both characters remain thoroughly unlikeable and difficult to watch. The direction feels less like the construction of a story than the recording of two people being allowed to roam around for a day and do whatever they want. Nothing that happens seems worth discussing afterward, while much of their conduct is simply repulsive.
The film also provides no clear reason for presenting Beto and August as a gay couple. Their sexuality contributes nothing to the narrative; they could just as easily have been straight friends or a straight couple without changing the story. With no coherent point, motivation, or developed conflict beneath the provocation, the result misses the mark from beginning to end. (0/10)
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