This seemed more like a David Lynch film than a David Cronenberg film but it's still a intriguing flick that is weird but intriguing never the less. This is a weird movie about a 28yr old billionaire named Eric Packer(Robert Pattinson) who has a major ego and is self-obsessed and yet bored with everything going on a ride on his limousine which is most of the setting for this movie takes place in. In order to get a hair cut which takes him on a road where he meets weird and yet theological characters that are poetic in a way. And that is what mainly sums up this movie, with Eric Packer on a ride on his limousine meeting people that have their own ideologies and theories when it comes to money, society and life and what they are all or Eric is heading into. It's a surreal and enthralling flick but it does have flaws like how some aspects of this movie is incoherent. Robert Pattinson's acting is passable or good but not all that great. Every scene he just seemed to just wait for his part where he talks without much expressions. But maybe that is the way Cronenberg wanted it. In fact just about all the characters in this movie act and talk like cyborgs. The dialogue is challenging and to be honest I would have been lost if I didn't see this movie with subtitles. Eric Packer is somewhat of a interesting character but his motive doesn't make sense sometimes and why he does the things he do, because it just doesn't explain it in this movie. He is a ego maniac on a trip to self-destruction intentionally. It doesn't even explain why he solely believes "talent is more erotic when it's wasted". In the book it even says he believed when he dies the world will end to show his ego. I give a bit of credit to this movie for it's anti-Hollywood direction, which is ballsy. It's a strange movie where most of the movie takes place in a limo that is intriguing and yet can be confusing and weird to the point nothing is natural and probably needed more explanation. It's understandable if some audiences are bored with this movie though.
7.3/10
7.3/10