From the Scathing and Satirical Social Commentary Novel (1975) by J.G. Ballard, this is rather close to the Source Material, for Better or Worse. Some Say that the Novel is Unfilmable.
Enter British Cutting Edge and Artsy Director Ben Wheatley. Drawing from Ballard's Literary Prose and the Cinema of Lynch, Kubrick, and Cronenberg, Wheatley is on Hallowed Ground. The Homages range from Subtle to Overt.
Breakdown and Chaos are here in Abundance and In Your Face to a Fault. The Second Half Wallows with Unnerving Images and Over the Top Displays of Filth, both of the Mind and Place. The Artistic Design is Striking.
Excessive to the Point of Disgusting Heavy-Handedness the Film makes its Points by Pulverizing the Audience into Submission. The Confusing Elements Pile Up like the Trash and the Bodies and the Message is Drowned in Decadence for Art's Sake and Loses some of the Powerful Prognostications of its Subject.
Not for Everyone, this Potential Cult Film is a Sight to Behold. What it Lacks in Coherence it makes up for with Outrageous Optics. The Cast all seem to be Invested in this Vision and the Movie is Impressive more for its Displays than Insights. The Building is a Figurative and Symbolic Metaphor for the Caste System that Surrounds and Entraps with its Ugly Dehumanizing Persuasion and this Film does the Same.
Enter British Cutting Edge and Artsy Director Ben Wheatley. Drawing from Ballard's Literary Prose and the Cinema of Lynch, Kubrick, and Cronenberg, Wheatley is on Hallowed Ground. The Homages range from Subtle to Overt.
Breakdown and Chaos are here in Abundance and In Your Face to a Fault. The Second Half Wallows with Unnerving Images and Over the Top Displays of Filth, both of the Mind and Place. The Artistic Design is Striking.
Excessive to the Point of Disgusting Heavy-Handedness the Film makes its Points by Pulverizing the Audience into Submission. The Confusing Elements Pile Up like the Trash and the Bodies and the Message is Drowned in Decadence for Art's Sake and Loses some of the Powerful Prognostications of its Subject.
Not for Everyone, this Potential Cult Film is a Sight to Behold. What it Lacks in Coherence it makes up for with Outrageous Optics. The Cast all seem to be Invested in this Vision and the Movie is Impressive more for its Displays than Insights. The Building is a Figurative and Symbolic Metaphor for the Caste System that Surrounds and Entraps with its Ugly Dehumanizing Persuasion and this Film does the Same.