Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.
Kazuya Shiraishi
Director
Go Ayano
Morohoshi
YOUNG DAIS
Taro Yamanobe
Yukio Ueno
Rashido
Haruna Yabuki
Yuki Tasato
Kumi Takiuchi
Toshiko Hirota
Ryuzo Tanaka
Takashi Saruwatari
Minosuke
Toshio Kishitani
Tomoya Nakamura
Ryota Kosaka
Katsuya
Takuma Urushibara
Ayumu Saito
Yukio Sakuraba
Munetaka Aoki
Detective Kenzi Kuribayashi
Though often underwhelming as a whole, Nevertheless is worth the watch because of the relationship between Sol and Jiwan. It is a stunning, refreshing take on the friends to lovers trope that LGBTQ media has been missing.
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
The plot lags, the moral lessons are misguided, but are those fluffy little donut creatures adorable? Yes. Yes, they are.
Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.
If you were to watch it on streaming when you have nothing to do, it’s still probably a giant waste of time, but you could do far worse. Paying $18 for a movie ticket and who knows how much for concessions turns this from an exercise in boredom to an exercise in frustration.
If you remember the days of the 24 hour Overnight Challenge on YouTube, Secret Mall Apartment will tickle your nostalgia receptors.