Stuck in a Christian ‘rehabilitation’ camp, boyishly cute Ming a 22 year old Hongkong party boy recalls his double life, a whirlwind of sex and drugs as a rent boy, and a sedate, romantic life with the older and more conservative Yen. Secrets and lies haunt their relationship, as Ming’s mother confronts her son’s sexuality in a most extreme fashion and Yen tries to get Ming to give up hustling
As the story unfolds Ming falls for Keung, a handsome, former drug addict who has been assigned as his sponsor.
Movie Review
Simon Chung directs a 97-minute Boys’ Love film entitled the End of Love. When need comes in the middle of love, how can two perfectly romantic and caring men turn their backs from one another? The one to blame is Ming – a very handsome man whose mother just passed away since she accidentally finds out the real life of her notable son. She could not bear her son’s sexual preference and leaps out the window to face her death.
Looking back on his nasty past as a man hustler, Ming traces his steps together with his memory back to those times when he seeks a cheap thrill with drugs and very explicit relationships with men he only meets on the streets. Could this be the reason why Yen’s feelings for Ming died away? Yen happens to be the lover of Ming who is very much on the conservative side. He shows Ming how deserving he is to show him the love he has always dreamt of.
Little did Yen know that Ming has a landlord named Cyrus who sidelines as a rent boy. This is the source of extra income that Ming thinks he could make something big with. He then clings to the new found refuge and begins attracting and hunting prospects down for an easy buck. Ming and Cyrus are raking in good money with their stint and they even compare notes on how to throw in the perfect bait.
Without the knowledge of Yen, Ming makes real good income from his so-called secret association with the new landlord of the place he is renting. Every night they seem to walk the streets clad in mystery as they literally hunt wandering gay clients who are looking for a moment of ecstasy in their arms.
A sudden change of feelings brings Yen to have questions about Ming’s mysterious job so he follows him around and to his surprise, finds out the real set-up between Cyrus and his lover. Without even thinking, Yen goes to the police and tips his lover’s alleged behavior. On the eve of the bust, Yen could not control his feelings since the man he thought would go beyond bars is not Cyrus but instead it turns out to be Ming.
While serving his sentence, Ming meets another inmate named Keung who makes him endure his times inside the jail. When he finally comes out, Ming decides that there is indeed love at the end of a storm. He vows to himself that even though he is all emotionally battered when Yen tipped him off, Keung is now his salvation. Ming drops by Keung’s place for a visit and gets a shock of his life – Keung is not living alone. He is with someone else too. The End of Love seems to be flowing through Ming veins. So he checks in a Christian Rehabilitation Clinic and goes through several therapies.
Is there a ray of light even though Ming sees the End of Love go pass his very eyes?
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