Review of Antiviral (2012) by Mason B — 30 Jul 2014

David Cronenberg's son Brandon shows that he is fully capable of carrying on his father's tradition of making smart, socially conscious, psychological thrillers with body horror elements. The fruit does not far from the tree and this is very good since the tree is one of the greatest film makers of all time.

This is a film that has just the perfect amount of sci fi and horror without quite going all in on either. It's a balance that works. The whole film has a sickly look to it with hardly any colors and all the characters are extremely weak and pale.

The skin tones of all the actors and extras are pale to slight green to a sickly grey. This film isn't Videodrome but I can see Brandon Cronenberg making films that could surpass his father's eventually.

This one comes close.