8/10
Visually stunning post apocalyptic thriller
28 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Now the main selling point of this film would appear to be its stunning visuals and overall atmosphere and tone of the film. The plot deals with two siblings whom wander their way into a destructive abandon building and find a strange older man. Most of the film is quite disturbing showing strong explicit scenes with bright colors, cannibalism type doings and other sorts of content.

The strange man is entertainingly disturbing and creepy while the lead actress is the highlight and steals her scenes (resembles a little of Ana de Armas). The first act is at its best where the shock value explicit scenes (33:20, 36:00, 42:50) are present. Things just go from weird to weirder and the second half is where the red, orange, black and bright color gradients are present. The film somewhat goes downhill once the strange man is seemingly brought back from being dead. A lot more randomness but still fun to watch.

The last 30 minutes feels like nothing really happens and we aren't sure whether what occurs on screen is a dream like sequence or real. Including a more hyper three some explicit scene at 1:09:20. Later random people appear out of nowhere. The very ending with an unknown person waking up and going in a normal looking city is entirely confusing. What did this mean or represent? Was everything a dream?

This film is most definitely better than its current 4.7 IMDB. Perhaps it's just too "pretentious", disturbing and arthouse for most.
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