Only God Forgives
10/08/13 Filed in: Cinema
We saw Only God Forgives on 'EE' Wednesday. I'm a bit late reviewing it as I've not actually been on the computer much this week. Many other things to do!
A challenging film. Perhaps I was expecting something else and wasn't quite ready for it. Helen had suggested either Red 2 or this film. I knew what to expect from Red 2, the usual formulaic action drama stuff. You know, turn off the brain and watch the mayhem. Only God Forgives requires much more thought. I was tempted to say it resembles Kill Bill without the humour, but that would be probably doing it an injustice.
The characters are all a long way from what most people would regard as 'normal'. Two brothers, one psychopathic the other seriously taciturn and a mother whose parenting probably accounted for the brothers' personalities. A policeman who metes out a rather special kind of justice, when not entertaining his colleagues with his singing. Much of the dialogue is in Thai and there's a fair amount of oriental mystique about. You would be excused for losing the plot at times.
Do I recommend it? Well, it depends on whether you want a film that makes you think and whether you can stomach some fairly explicit body mutilations, which are far more realistic looking than the Tarantino variety. And as you might of guessed, there are no happy endings.
A challenging film. Perhaps I was expecting something else and wasn't quite ready for it. Helen had suggested either Red 2 or this film. I knew what to expect from Red 2, the usual formulaic action drama stuff. You know, turn off the brain and watch the mayhem. Only God Forgives requires much more thought. I was tempted to say it resembles Kill Bill without the humour, but that would be probably doing it an injustice.
The characters are all a long way from what most people would regard as 'normal'. Two brothers, one psychopathic the other seriously taciturn and a mother whose parenting probably accounted for the brothers' personalities. A policeman who metes out a rather special kind of justice, when not entertaining his colleagues with his singing. Much of the dialogue is in Thai and there's a fair amount of oriental mystique about. You would be excused for losing the plot at times.
Do I recommend it? Well, it depends on whether you want a film that makes you think and whether you can stomach some fairly explicit body mutilations, which are far more realistic looking than the Tarantino variety. And as you might of guessed, there are no happy endings.