Year of Capture and Release: 2018 |
As a Serial Killer Movie, the most interesting scenes are the deaths, and there are five "situations" in total, warned up front by title cards. But overboard director Lars von Trier throws in so many video clips (Nazis, etc) that in trying to connect with the "ultra violence" on screen, the story and character become secondhand as opposed to second-nature for Matt Dillon's Jack, made up like someone who'd be teased about dressing like "a serial killer" including awkward glasses and uncomfortably looking "nice clothes." In fact, his first victim in Matt's BEAUTIFUL GIRLS co-star Uma Thurman bags on his threads while literally begging to be murdered.
Inserted Stop Motion liken to that Tool video |
And the fact you don't want him caught during particular close calls... especially when moving the bodies to a privately-owned meat-packing room... is proof the movie's working i.e. you want the exploitative bloodshed to continue since... well... that's what the damn thing's about: You didn't pay for a romantic comedy, after all.
Matt Dillon in his killer hobbit hole MOVIE RATES: **1/2 |
As if we're seeing what he's fantasizing... especially given all the fantastical, surrealistic inserts along the way... as opposed to the horrid reality of a sick, twisted mind.
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