As both a fan of Einstürzende Neubauten and weird girls who like assassin frogs, Decoder really warmed my cockles. If sexy dysfunctional romance between sexy dysfunctional people and industrial culture jamming doesn't resonate with you, are you even really living?
There isn’t a single moment of normal people acting normal to be found here. This is a contest between Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani on who can be the most unhinged and insane. Filming this apparently fucked Isabelle Adjani up for awhile and led to a suicide attempt, and uh… yeah, I don’t doubt that at all.
She more than wins that contest, which is kind of ridiculous considering how fucking nuts Sam Neill is here.
It’s the kind of…
You know you’re probably in for a treat when the cool looking clerk at Movie Madness with a bunch of cool rings on her fingers is like, “Have you seen this?” I’ve been curious about it for awhile, clocking it as probably kind of similar to Funny Games, but I was extra stoked after her endorsement.
I guess it’s sorta like Funny Games, with a slightly giallo or at least vaguely Italian feel or whatever? But it’s really more like…
I didn’t expect a fresh take on the rape and revenge genre in 2017, but let’s fucking go! Obviously, you can only do so much - there’s a rape, then revenge - but this is probably one of the best and most subversive since the original I Spit On Your Grave. Zero fat or needless exposition on this thing, it’s just straight up, concise, brutal, and full of blood spraying and guts hanging out. Right up my alley.
