Review of Leviathan (2014) by Max J — 08 Apr 2015

The first five minutes of the film outdo any American film this year, leaving out Birdman, The Babadook, It Follows, and Nightcrawler. Leviathan encapsulates exactly what American Cinema has slowly and unfortunately shifted to (thanks due to masks and capes) over the past decade.

This film has no scenes of drawn-out, paint-by-numbers battle-scenes in downtown New York, no monotonous dialogue, guessable plots, or no plots at all, for that matter. It is the small things in this film like the misty atmosphere and universally-damning themes that shed a hideously dark light on religion and the abuse of power that make this film shine brilliantly and stand out among the rest.

This is a film that will be remembered for many years to come.