Review of Irreversible (2002) by Sylvester K — 01 May 2016

One of the most disturbing films ever made, but also the best French extremity. Irreversible is a thought provoking tale of revenge and the irreversible time. The film is shot in a style that connects all the shots together to make it appear as one continuous long shot. The imagery was dark and dirty, the camera-work was purposefully disorientating to induce anxiety in the audience, coupled by the explicit violence, it was truly an uncomfortable film to watch. The plot was not presented in chronological manner that requires viewer to piece the puzzles together to understand the correct sequence of scenes.

The fire extinguisher scene and the rape scenes are both explicit, I really do question the morality of the film regarding the the actions of the characters, Noe appeared to have made up accept the violence as an irreducible fact by dislocating our emotions with the disturbing elements of the film then gradually relate back to the happier times before all the events happened. Irreversible is a must watch for the hardcore film buffs.