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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 60
This was - well, as in his previous film "Sorry to Bother You", a bit of insane, madcap commentary on current events as viewed through the microcosm of high fashion. With a little tilt of the hat to Carpenter's "They Live". The insane claymation sequences are - well, insane. For the most part the message is metaphor made made flesh, an interesting take on the skewed perceptions of the wealthy and the necessity of economic reform.
While not particularly my cup of tea (in this realization), it's still probably better than 95% of what else is out there.
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 99
About North and South Korean spies investigating a Russian Human Trafficking ring. Action, Big Bad Russian Boss, in the Film the North Koreans are the bad guys and think that "Cross" makes a fine pen (I'd vilify them to), the Russians are the worst (the predictable "Boss" fight at the end) and - while by-and-largely completely mindless, the Americans wouldn't have done it better and would probably have put it up for an Academy Award were it made by them.
S0 - not the worst, not the best, been craving some South Korean film/culture/pov but this wasn't it. Still, if your just killing time on Netflix you could do worse.
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 68
About a criminally insane genius who plots the overthrow of civilization and runs a vast criminal enterprise from beyond the grave.
Everyone smokes everywhere they please, the yo-yo is a favourite a pastime of the police, and for a film made in 1933 it's almost entirely modern in it's sets and furniture. There's the deranged patient and psychiatrist - his office filled with for art - masks of different tribes, various deformed human skulls (a-la Mutter Museum), the paintings of patients or other lunatics, Dr. Mabuse is - in a sense - the original "Joker", set out to upend the world for it’s own sake, the pleasure of it, and there are surprisingly innovative techniques - for example the cut from mugshot to the scene.
Still, almost a hundred years later a great film, only we've forgotten who the villains are; Dr. Mabuse's manifesto was not intended to become the roadmap for 20th century capitalism...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 179
An unsettling psychological thriller about a man - Lee Jong-su, who meets an old childhood friend - Shin Hae-mi, who persuades him to housesit her cat while she's on vacation. And when she returns from vacation she brings a new friend - Ben, whom she met while stranded 3 days at an airport.
From here, events build. An unlikely protagonist, an unsettled plot, another brilliant film that simply wouldn't be made in Hollywood.
Five Stars for those looking for a little more challenging films.
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 140
Summary - battling corruption in Brazil's Police, Politics and Favela's. For a police/crime movie, very well done, and probably doesn't stray far from the truth. Were it set in present day America it would be merely telling the truth...