The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. Read more …
“YOU RIPPED MY FAVOURITE SHIRT!” Cage loses it in a bloody, druggy, superbly crafted revenge thriller. Astonishing.
Nicolas Cage is at his maniacal best in Panos Cosmatos's wild, psychedelia-infused horror.
You already know if you’ll enjoy a film where LSD-crazed leather daddies are summoned via something called the Horn Of Abraxas. A no-holds-barred ride into madness destined for a thousand midnight screenings.
Nicolas Cage delivers his most unhinged performance yet in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the results are highly pleasurable but drenched in artifice.
Dreamy, destructive, unfailingly compelling.
Cage is on magnificent, mind-boggling form as a chainsaw-wielding lumberjack hunting the gang who invaded his home.
The director’s approach is strictly one-note. This isn’t a story that builds up into an orgy of violence and bloodletting. It starts in a frenzy, continues in a frenzy and ends in one too.
Often as trying as it is transcendent.
While it’s likely to prove to be a Marmite sort of film for many mainstream audiences, its niche appeal is undeniable, and Mandy will almost certainly be the inspiration behind many a Halloween costume, and probably the subject of many a drinking game.
Cage turns in a full-blooded turn as a lumberjack out for revenge, but this thriller is all style and no substance.
Panos Cosmatos: 'Nicolas Cage is a very special creature'.
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