This Is Not Berlin

A hardcore, high intensity coming-of-age among AIDS deaths and a vociferous rebellion against death. Different sects have different approaches but the main group is determined to get the public's attention amidst drinking, drugs, and recreational everything at will. A relatives death gives pause, but a major police crackdown after a near overdose sends thrashes the rebels back to a serious reconsideration, or at minimum a major interruption to the havoc. The learning curve is predictable for the viewer and the artistic form is lost in the melee. Despite all the smart dialogues and music lyrics, there is no meaningful message to be found, that we did not already know from our youth.