01-12-2020, 12:43 AM
From the team that gave us It Follows, which was a decent horror flick.
This takes place in the Hollywood hills region, present-day, with a killer stalking the area. A dog killer. But this is kept very much in the background (I suspect the director was told to tone it down if this was to see the light of day), and dog lovers should not avoid this on account of that.
But there are many other reasons to avoid it. The main character is totally uninteresting, certainly not someone you want to follow around for 2 hours and 20 minutes (way too long!). And how he gets all these women is beyond me (though I appreciate the nudity it provided). This is a mashup of conspiracy theories and secret societies and hidden codes in songs, cereal boxes, comic books, and all else, and if it resolves down to something, well, it's beyond me. I find this sort of stuff tedious beyond belief.
There were Hitchcockian story elements that if filmed right could have really worked, but it was all filmed in a straightforward manner that deadened any possible suspense.
All in all, a big disappointment. Where does David Robert Mitchell go from here? I don't know. I won't be following him closely after this.
It has a decent soundtrack, but no, don't watch for that.
This takes place in the Hollywood hills region, present-day, with a killer stalking the area. A dog killer. But this is kept very much in the background (I suspect the director was told to tone it down if this was to see the light of day), and dog lovers should not avoid this on account of that.
But there are many other reasons to avoid it. The main character is totally uninteresting, certainly not someone you want to follow around for 2 hours and 20 minutes (way too long!). And how he gets all these women is beyond me (though I appreciate the nudity it provided). This is a mashup of conspiracy theories and secret societies and hidden codes in songs, cereal boxes, comic books, and all else, and if it resolves down to something, well, it's beyond me. I find this sort of stuff tedious beyond belief.
There were Hitchcockian story elements that if filmed right could have really worked, but it was all filmed in a straightforward manner that deadened any possible suspense.
All in all, a big disappointment. Where does David Robert Mitchell go from here? I don't know. I won't be following him closely after this.
It has a decent soundtrack, but no, don't watch for that.