Review of Mandy (2018) by Filmanwalt — 27 Jun 2021
Psychedelic disorder trip with Nicolas Cage in the lead role. It's been a hell of a long time since I've watched a Cage movie, but Mandy looked interesting.
Cage on a campaign of revenge with a self-forged ax is probably sufficient as a description of the content. The film starts off miserably for me by putting everything in place in a very chaotic and stylistic way that doesn't always work for me.
It only takes off in the middle of the film, when it finally takes off. Unfortunately, the film remains true to its cinematic portrayal and even repeatedly cuts more brutal moments out of the picture. Other brutal scenes remain in there, so it doesn't feel very round.
It's a very chaotic and colorful film that has a decent base with its sect theme. I especially liked the red color and the background music.
Unfortunately, the really decent intermediate part ends in the showdown with the sect leader, which is basically still a boring dialogue in which somehow attempts are made to get a "cool" conversation through. The chain saw duel before that was the real highlight.
Unfortunately, only 5/10 bizarre moments in total.
This review of Mandy (2018) was written by Filmanwalt on 27 Jun 2021.
Mandy has generally received positive reviews.
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