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I didn't get this movie, really...*spoilers*


The ending, mostly...but firstly, that lady was a goddamn psychopath, right? Instead of killing her targets quickly, she went as far the opposite route as possible, even botching that assassination at the end...the father.
And apparently she wanted to kill her husband, is that right? Because SHE was in charge at the end when she did it, right? And the guy said, "This is what you always wanted"...
And then her handler, who'd taken over the little boy, heard her say, "Get me out" right after she did it, so she knows she just killed her own family...
And yet its back to business the next scene...nothing happens from any of this.

I saw it last night and am still thinking on it...I liked the slow burn, the details...it seemed like a very real world, very appealing science fiction. And suddenly it was torture porn. Then back to a slow burn for awhi- TORTURE PORN! It was a little much. The scene of her killing the father was far too gruesome...seemingly for the sake of gruesome. That shot of the teeth? Jesus christ..

I don't know how to feel about this movie. I ended up rooting for the guy she was inhabiting due to their being nothing to like about her...but then he's dead and she's right back to practicing psychopathy, so maybe I'm missing something that'd give her actions more context, or that I overlooked in the film in general. This wasn't a particularly enjoyable movie...watching every last character die except for the main one...which was a villain, really...IMO.

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A thoroughly unpleasant bore with a bit of shock value thrown in.

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I think the real twist was that Sean Bean's character ended up living.

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I think you thinking about the movie for an extended period of time means it had an effect on you. That's what cinema is all about. I saw a movie last year called The Assistant. Literally nothing happened the entire time. It was all about a day at work, but for days after myself and the people I had watched it with kept coming back to it in conversation. Thanks for posting.

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Huh, interesting.
I liked that it was unique...and yeah good point, it stuck with me for a bit so that's saying something.
Thanks for your post here as well, I'm going to have to watch that Assistant movie now. I've never seen that actress in anything subpar so I'm betting on it despite its mediocre rating. Some movies just aren't for everyone.

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Haha I would not recommend it. I found it to be really boring. It's at least a conversation starter.

I think Cronenberg's new movie will also have some confusing elements.

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