Its what you expect if you know the genre, and that’s mostly a good thing.
The villains are a little simplistic, the twists predictable, but the energy and performances are good and it has a cosy feel to anyone who’s at home with exploitation flicks
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Killing Zoe 1993
Very capable crime thriller. I’m not sure it had much to say or add to the genre, but it’s quite masterful at building a tense heist gone wrong situation.
I don't buy for a second that Julie Delpy’s character is a call girl, but shes so pretty i’ll take an unbelievable back story to see her batting her eyelashes.
The jazz bar scene was incredibly effective at capturing the nauseous discomfort of being on strong downers and having someone jittering…
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Infinity Pool 2023
One of my least favourite films of all time. It takes the visual language that Cronenberg senior developed to explore his nuanced and rich fears, and uses it to dress up an utterly banal film about nothing in particular.
None of the characters have any motivation for their actions, it is string after string of seemingly random scenes held together with poor taste directionless shock violence. No one with any experience telling stories would have worked on this after seeing…
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The Long Goodbye 1973
Shockingly good, my new favourite noir film outside of the Bogart classics.
What a character. The way he wise guy monologues to himself the whole time, he puts a fresh spin on a very classic character type.
The mystery comes together cleanly, and is easy to follow- something I can’t say for even my favourite noir’s like To Have and Have Not.
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