"Not a bad idea for a Hollywood satire here and there's a cameo for renowned character turn Fred Melamed, whose appearance does however have the effect of exposing how callow everyone else is on screen. Much as I wanted to like this lo-fi production, which cheekily intersperses its modestly budgeted scenes with stock footage establishing shots of the city skyline, the movie kept slipping gears and scene-by-scene felt awkward and uncertainly performed, along with some audio issues on the soundtrack."
"Trip is a notorious trust-fund idiot and nepo idiot with hipster ambitions to be a visionary poet but zero talent and a disturbing temper. He is thrilled with his new best friend Dev, and subjects him to endless drug-fuelled rants and monologues. For his part, cynical Dev puts up with it because he thinks that his entry into the enchanted garden of Tinseltown success could depend on sycophantically cultivating the odious Trip while trying to steer the conversation around to his script and Trip's powerful dad."
Set in Los Angeles, a young wannabe screenwriter, Dev (Matthew Sato), is humiliatingly fired after hawking his script to competitors and becomes increasingly desperate to break into the business. He befriends Trip (Will Sennett), the wealthy, talentless, temperamental son of producer Scott Lefkowitz (Fred Melamed), hoping access to Trip's powerful father will open doors. Trip subjects Dev to drug-fuelled rants and monologues while Dev sycophantically cultivates him and steers conversation toward his script. The lo-fi production uses stock skyline footage but struggles with uneven performances, awkward pacing, audio issues, and a silly, half-hearted horror-thriller finale.
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