Review of Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) by Jeannette Catsoulis for The New York Times — 16 Sep 2021
Sono’s visuals, sizzlingly realized by the cinematographer Sohei Tanikawa, lack neither brio nor imagination. But the ludicrousness of the plot severs any emotional connection to a story whose apocalyptic stylings (the Ghostland of the title is a nuclear wasteland) gesture toward Japan and America’s painful history.
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This review of Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) was written by Jeannette Catsoulis and published by The New York Times on 16 Sep 2021.
Prisoners of the Ghostland has generally received mixed reviews.
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