This is like a detective/mystery/thriller/body-horror/sci-fi film.

Yeah, nothing like combining every genre you can get your hands on.

Well, it's our ol' friend David Cronenberg back again to throw his craziness our way. And - let me be clear:

I LOVE THE CRAZY SCI-FI PREMISE OF THIS FILM!

It's creepy as fuck.
Right in the ol' Cronenberg wheelhouse.

And I was ready to give this 4 stars or more.

But the ending is just terrible.
A non-ending really. And that ruins the whole film for me.

Dammit.

It has three actors that I love doing great work: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce.

All three of these are great.
And the ride along is deliciously bleak.
The mystery/thriller part works so well too.

Then the movie just trickles out... and it's over.

So disappointing.
I demand more, Mr. Cronenberg.

I.
Demand.
More.

Get on it, son.

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Hoop #53 (Bonus Kill #03) of CINEMONSTER's The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman

My Wild List and all my silly Reviews can be found here: Slappy McGee's Hoop-Tober 12.0 List.

...also considered...

Criterion Film #96 in Slappy's Criterion Channel Viewings

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