Hey everyone, how are you all doing today? It's been a very long time since I made any publications concerning movie reviews and here I am today with one in a sincere manner like my every other movie/series reviews so let's get to it already.
OK. If you enjoy an over-the-top action-comedy with buckets of gore, bad guys that can't shoot straight and good guys that can't seem to miss... and who doesn't... this is the movie for you.
The movie is set in a dystopian society run by a paranoid and evil woman, Hilda van der Koy, played by Famke Janssen. Our hero, known only as "Boy", is deaf and mute and is being 'raised" by a Shaman who is teaching him to fight for the purpose of eliminating the aforementioned Hilda and her family of psychopaths.
Bill Skarsgård (IT, John Wick 4) plays the part perfectly. Remember, he has no lines, we only hear his inner voice so he has to communicate with his body language and facial expressions.
The Van Der Koys have a ritual "culling" where Hilda has put together a list of "enemies" and they are rounded up and murdered on television by breakfast cereal mascots. You read that correctly. Boy has an inner voice played by H. Jon. Benjamin (Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher) and truly makes the entire movie enjoyable.
Boy reads lips, but not entirely well. He's also haunted by the apparition of his sister who was supposedly killed along with his mother by the evil Hilda. More comic relief. Boy intervenes in a culling along with some rather useless resistance fighters and chaos ensues. There are some plots twists, lots of over-the-top violence and the boss battle to beat all boss battles.
I enjoyed every minute of this movie, from the training montages, to the end credit scenes as this movie is so over-the-top tongue-in-cheek violent that the gore is more comedic than horrific.
H. Jon Benjamin is the new Patrick Warburton. His voice is easily recognizable, his deadpan sarcasm a delight. And he's in EVERYTHING these days. Of note is the director, Moritz Mohr. This is his first feature length film. He's done a few shorts prior to this. I think he nailed it and I expect to see him pop up more in the future.
Also of note is that this movie was filmed in South Africa and has had almost zero marketing. Go see this.
I love everything comedy and I was already laughing internally from this description. Currently on a series where I laugh only at her face alone. Will watch this one after that.
Oh that's such a good feeling as I'm a comedy person as well haha. I'm rooting for you.
And oh, what series are you watching? I might want to take a look.
Unless you like Kdrama... you might not like it. Lol.
Currently seeeing Cheese In The Trap and before that, I laughed away at Love To Hate You
After alchemy of souls, I find it so different to see any of such standard but hey, I will check em out. Thanks...
Leemao. Alchemy of souls is seriously overrated compared to the Kdramas out there especially those released in previous years.
Yeah… if you like historical fiction then maybe “Mr. Queen” and “Matchmakers” would be best… lol
Oh, I have heard of "Mr Queen" but didn't really thought it will be good but since you recommend it, I will try it out and tag you on a feedback. What do you think? I think we should get close even outside here?
I have no issues with that. Are you on Discord?