When Netflix first started getting into the streaming game with original content, they mentioned that they used algorithms to try and determine what type of programming their subscribers preferred. that way, they knew what kind of original content to pursue. Presumably, every successive streaming service followed. I can only assume that an algorithm showed that subscribers to prime Video had a strong affinity for the 50 Shades Of Grey franchise, with a noticeable overlap into The Fast and Furious franchise, as well as adaptations on a broader note. Somewhere along the way, this algorithm also noted that Prime subscribers must be thinking about having sex with step-siblings, and My fault London was born. I realize the title is a translation, as the source material was not originally written in English, but did anyone actually sit down and ask themselves what does it mean? The main girl is named Noah (Asha Banks). So, no one is apologizing to her. is she apologizing to London? she is, after all, an 18 (that’s very important) year old girl who follows her mom and new stepdad to his swanky mansion in England. it is here, that her carnal feelings for her step-brother, Nick (Matthew Broome) cannot, and will not, be denied. if you thought Challengers was horny, you’ve never seen a film spend the first third of the film playing with heavy sexual tension between step-siblings in a wealthy environment, while also trying to blend in a vague subplot involving street racing.

I really am not sure who asked for or wanted this. I’m sure a lot of those people don’t like to admit to it, but have some really interesting google search histories. Actually, they probably search in Incognito. I mean, it isn’t weird, right? They aren’t blood related. Their parents may be working it between the sheets, but that doesn’t mean they can’t. right? At least, that’s what Amazon is hoping.

What we get just feels like the YA version of Fifty Shades, and the opulence just makes these characters totally un relatable. We’re poor. I’m not sure Amazon has noticed, but maybe making more realistic characters given preposterous circumstances would feel more like a complex story, instead of soft Skinemax. The audio description does a nice job of playing around with what is a highly suggestive, but ultimately somewhat tame sexual exploratory gambit likely pandering to the things we know about ourselves but don’t want to tell others. The audio description, like the movie, is appropriately horny, and can describe a good scene of sensuality as well as anything else. And street racing. Don’t forget that.

I’m glad this isn’t my thing. the tension between siblings in cruel intentions never moved past teasing. This… does.

Rotten: Final Grade: C-, Audio Description: A-