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**Seanny One Ball** · 11-23-2018, 04:31 PM

Mandy - 3.5/4

The words "heavy metal acid revenge thriller" may look like a late 90's attempt at optimising search results on an amateur website, but in the right hands they also form a perfect description of a film which gives back to Grindhouse more than Tarantino could ever dream of.
The plot is perfectly straightforward revenge thriller and ultimately twist-free but the act progression is expertly timed, the transitions are well presented and the climax is hands down the most enjoyable use of Nicolas Cage since Bad Lieutenant nearly a decade ago. The dialogue is sparingly given to anybody other than the chief antagonist(an obvious charicature of Charles Manson).The bad dude's motivations are clear and simple, the path Nic Cage chooses to take in response is the only way in or out of the movie and so you sit and absorb a film which follows a simple formula up to a point and which in it's last 1/3rd it rewards you by allowing Nic Cage to let loose, completely unbound by the director in a finale that can only really be described as fucking spectacular.

There is almost no exposition in the film, just about zero other than the character Carothers who pops up to explain something almost as a favour to the viewer for getting so far without asking for directions.

So overall it is excellent and if you like films that bulldoze through tropes and formulas rather than trying to avoid them, you will like Mandy.
An axe shaped like an axe is Nic Cage's ouroboros and when you see it you too will believe in infinity.

11-23-2018, 04:31 PM	#10450
Seanny One Ball World Class References Posts: 30,617	Mandy - 3.5/4 The words "heavy metal acid revenge thriller" may look like a late 90's attempt at optimising search results on an amateur website, but in the right hands they also form a perfect description of a film which gives back to Grindhouse more than Tarantino could ever dream of. The plot is perfectly straightforward revenge thriller and ultimately twist-free but the act progression is expertly timed, the transitions are well presented and the climax is hands down the most enjoyable use of Nicolas Cage since Bad Lieutenant nearly a decade ago. The dialogue is sparingly given to anybody other than the chief antagonist(an obvious charicature of Charles Manson).The bad dude's motivations are clear and simple, the path Nic Cage chooses to take in response is the only way in or out of the movie and so you sit and absorb a film which follows a simple formula up to a point and which in it's last 1/3rd it rewards you by allowing Nic Cage to let loose, completely unbound by the director in a finale that can only really be described as fucking spectacular. There is almost no exposition in the film, just about zero other than the character Carothers who pops up to explain something almost as a favour to the viewer for getting so far without asking for directions. So overall it is excellent and if you like films that bulldoze through tropes and formulas rather than trying to avoid them, you will like Mandy. An axe shaped like an axe is Nic Cage's ouroboros and when you see it you too will believe in infinity.