Review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) by Sterling B — 06 Jul 2010

The first thing to hit me was the credits - you find yourself saying out loud..David Bowie?! Chris Isaak?! Kiefer Sutherland?! But in less than 5 minutes, you're straight back into the wonderfully weird world of Lynch/Twin Peaks.

If you've seen the series, you'll know if you're likely to like this or hate it, and the film assumes a great deal of prior knowledge of the series in it's viewers. Even with this knowledge however, you are unlikely to penitrate this confusing and almost inaccessible film. But if you're expecting to be confused, then you can just lie back and enjoy one of the most gloriously creey, sexy trips you'll have seen since the series.

The music and visuals are both gorgeous, and although it's a real acquired taste, I personally loved it.

Criticisms? It does kind of seem like two films forced together, with some interesting characters introduced in the 'Cooper half' of the film, but abandoned after the first half an hour or so.

It never falls for the prequel cliche of solving all the mysteries, leaving nothing exciting for the viewer; but actually leaves you with yet more questions. It works on it's own merits (though will probably won't be able to follow it at all without some knowledge of the series), or as a fitting ending/beginning to the classic series.