Review of Mandy (2018) by Rebecca31 — 13 Oct 2018

All you Nicolas Cage fans out there (and I know you exist, don’t be shy) probably remember a film called Drive Angry 2011. Nicolas Cage goes on a murderous revenge driven rampage against a sadistic cult. Now join Nicolas Cage going on another murderous revenge driven rampage against a sadistic cult in Mandy. For those of you who don't already know, Drive Angry is rubbish and very skippable but Mandy is a film that's everything Drive Angry should have been and so much more. Nicolas Cage is the only actor who could play this part, to put any other actor in this role would be ridiculous but when Nicolas Cage does it for some reason it works spectacularly. Cage’s career has ranged from the good, the bad and the what the hell is this? Mandy will bring you on an unconventional emotional roller coaster ride varying from should I walk out, am I hallucinating, to this is the greatest trippy horror I've ever seen and I can't stop crying with laughter.

Red (Nicolas Cage) and Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) live in a wonderfully peaceful house deep in a secluded part of the woods. This is all turned upside down by a bunch of hippy Jesus types, a sadistic cult let by a Charles Manson character, Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache). Join Nicolas Cage on his journey of bloody vengeance as only Nicolas Cage can. I feel like the creators of this film were on LSD, the actors were on LSD and I was on LSD. The score by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson and the cinematography by Benjamin Loeb uses everything at its disposal to create a visually stunning film. You're constantly waiting for the worst to happen in every scene, it's the most unnerving thing I've seen in a long time. Taking manic and crazy to a whole new level, everything from the script to the chainsaw fight is the craziest thing you’ll see all year. And maybe a few years after that too, because we don’t get films like this very often and if you’re into the weird then make sure you take the time to see Mandy, I can’t guarantee all of you will love it but I can guarantee a part of you will enjoy it. It’s on limited release and then it’s straight to DVD so find a way to see it. Recommended.