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My 1000th post
Mars Express (2023). Whilst investigating the murder of a hacker, a private detective finds herself in an intricate plot where big corporations wish to hack robots.
Amazing animated movie. It manages to delve in many themes--such as alcoholism and the relationship between man and machine--in such a short runtime. It has comedy, family drama, a bit of romance, and great fight scenes (There’s an action scene that references The Ghost in the Shell (1995)). It really is a hidden gem, and it has all the qualifications to receive a cult following (including the box office bomb).
The French really (still) know how to make science-fiction!
Monkey Man (2024). In India, a man infiltrates high society to murder those who destroyed his village.
It’s directed by Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) and produced by Jordan Peele (Us, Get Out). I don’t see the hand of Peele very much, but the movie is the perfect synchrony between Bollywood and Hollywood. It’s also very well edited. Its many flashback montages are kinda psychedelic, with a lot of closed-up angles.
John Wick is the first thing that comes to mind. They even reference it in the movie. Well, in theory, it really is an Indian John Wick; but its execution is very different. What differs most from John Wick and all its other clones (like Nobody, The Equalizer or Boy Kills World, just to name a few) is that his reason for revenge--his motive--isn’t just an excuse for an action movie. You must care a lot about his reasons for the movie to work. And it worked quite well for me.
Religion and politics are a main theme. The movie is a big call-out to Modi’s ultra-nationalist Hindu government.
A masterpiece. Strongly recommended.
Exhuma AKA The Unearthed Grave (2024). A shaman, her protegé, a feng shui master and a mortician join up to lift a curse that’s coming from a grave.
A South Korean movie starring the guy from Oldboy (2003), Choi Min-Sik. The director/screenwriter was no big deal, so Min-Sik was the main reason I watched it. Too bad. The text doesn’t ask much of his character. Anyone could’ve done it.
The movie has a vibe to The Wailing (2016), and it even features a similar ritual scene, but it doesn’t get close to the modern classic’s horror and philosophy. It skirts around the history of North Korea and Imperial Japan, but it doesn’t delve into it.
There was a concept that I liked though: the villain. It’s a monster that’s a mix of a slasher villain and a ghost. It’s a Jason Vorhees who teleports and possesses people’s bodies. Sadly, that’s not enough to recommend this movie.
Mars Express (2023). Whilst investigating the murder of a hacker, a private detective finds herself in an intricate plot where big corporations wish to hack robots.
Amazing animated movie. It manages to delve in many themes--such as alcoholism and the relationship between man and machine--in such a short runtime. It has comedy, family drama, a bit of romance, and great fight scenes (There’s an action scene that references The Ghost in the Shell (1995)). It really is a hidden gem, and it has all the qualifications to receive a cult following (including the box office bomb).
The French really (still) know how to make science-fiction!
Monkey Man (2024). In India, a man infiltrates high society to murder those who destroyed his village.
It’s directed by Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) and produced by Jordan Peele (Us, Get Out). I don’t see the hand of Peele very much, but the movie is the perfect synchrony between Bollywood and Hollywood. It’s also very well edited. Its many flashback montages are kinda psychedelic, with a lot of closed-up angles.
John Wick is the first thing that comes to mind. They even reference it in the movie. Well, in theory, it really is an Indian John Wick; but its execution is very different. What differs most from John Wick and all its other clones (like Nobody, The Equalizer or Boy Kills World, just to name a few) is that his reason for revenge--his motive--isn’t just an excuse for an action movie. You must care a lot about his reasons for the movie to work. And it worked quite well for me.
Religion and politics are a main theme. The movie is a big call-out to Modi’s ultra-nationalist Hindu government.
A masterpiece. Strongly recommended.
Exhuma AKA The Unearthed Grave (2024). A shaman, her protegé, a feng shui master and a mortician join up to lift a curse that’s coming from a grave.
A South Korean movie starring the guy from Oldboy (2003), Choi Min-Sik. The director/screenwriter was no big deal, so Min-Sik was the main reason I watched it. Too bad. The text doesn’t ask much of his character. Anyone could’ve done it.
The movie has a vibe to The Wailing (2016), and it even features a similar ritual scene, but it doesn’t get close to the modern classic’s horror and philosophy. It skirts around the history of North Korea and Imperial Japan, but it doesn’t delve into it.
There was a concept that I liked though: the villain. It’s a monster that’s a mix of a slasher villain and a ghost. It’s a Jason Vorhees who teleports and possesses people’s bodies. Sadly, that’s not enough to recommend this movie.