With a teen-oriented premise (even with European-sounding school names!) the story of G! feels like well-intentioned fanfiction, or mid-tier Wattpad stuff. It's decent at the start, kind of like the strange lovechild of a 90's American teen movie and Y Tu Mama Tambien, but then it all spirals out of control thanks to a third act that feels ludicrous.
When star footballer Sam Corteza (McCoy De Leon) suddenly contracts a terminal illness (gallbladder cancer, which is exceedingly rare in people under 60 years old) he decides to make a bucket list, inviting his three best friends to go along for the ride. It's a very simple bucket list, which is typical of any horny 18 year old, but it would have been nice to be a little more ambitious.
The lead performances are decent. Jameson Blake in particular stands out as his character struggles with the fact that he's in love with the girl that Sam loves. The other two characters are just there and aren't given a lot of character development.
The real kicker is during the third act of the film, where things get ever more ridiculous. It's treated like "hey, this is a perfectly normal thing that could happen," and to be honest, it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the movie. Things get even more strange, straying even farther from the teen road trip thing, culminating in a complete shocker of a twist at the end that feels out of left field, if left field was a couple million light years away.
Now there are two things movies like this could do next: commit to its insanity or return to the tone of the Wattpadd-y, teen oriented first half. This film chooses the latter, and it feels like such a safe choice that it negatively affects the final product. G! is nice, until things get really weird, really fast.
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