Only God Forgives

JkFlesh · July 19, 2013, 03:22:34 PM

The new film from Drive/ Valhalla Rising/ Pusher director Nicolas Winding Refn. I loved it, although I can see why it's getting so much bad press. If you come expecting Drive, you will be seriously annoyed. If you loved Refn's Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives may be up your alley. It's got that some slow-motion, hyper-masculine, hyper-stylized vibe, only this time with even more immaculate cinematography and incredible sound design and Ryan Gosling as a fairly pathetic, emasculated anti-hero.

Spartan revenge plot involves the grisly death of Gosling's drug-dealing rapist brother in Bangkok and the violent events that follow involving a brutal Thai cop, Gosling and his impossibly nasty mother who comes to Thailand ready for some payback.

Music is by Cliff Martinez, that dude is on a roll after doing an amazing job with Spring Breakers earlier this year.

It's not playing in a lot of theaters but is available on demand.

Trailer:

deleted account · July 19, 2013, 08:56:28 PM

Scott-Thomas is lookin' kinda milfy!

retardgroove · July 21, 2013, 02:46:58 AM

My thoughts (if you fuckin' care), visually stunning and slow.

MichaelZodiac · July 25, 2013, 05:13:24 AM

Visually nice, slow, violent at times. Lynch-ian sequences. Overall themes that come back throughout the movie. I still don't know how to regard this movie actually.

gritty_fingers · July 30, 2013, 06:15:18 PM

I have mixed feelings. This could be really, really good or uttlerly pretentious.

JkFlesh · August 02, 2013, 01:28:20 PM

Quote from: gritty_fingers on July 30, 2013, 06:15:18 PM
I have mixed feelings. This could be really, really good or uttlerly pretentious.

It's both really, done with tons of style.

OUTLANDAH · August 02, 2013, 07:16:22 PM

Watched it pretty drunk last week. I'm usually good about critically analyzing a arthouse film, but I'm really at a loss on what it was about. I need to give a second view.

The Bandit · August 05, 2013, 03:54:03 PM

How much nudity in it?

MichaelZodiac · August 05, 2013, 04:33:37 PM

Some but not a whole lot. The action/gore sequences are pretty fucking gnarly.

JkFlesh · November 14, 2013, 01:14:40 PM

Streaming on Netflix, bitches!

CanookieWookie · November 14, 2013, 07:22:46 PM

Quote from: retardgroove on July 21, 2013, 02:46:58 AM
My thoughts (if you fuckin' care), visually stunning and slow.

Well said. I watched it awhile back, and I left knowing I have to watch it again -- it left me wanting more from it

frobbert · November 16, 2013, 07:09:34 AM

It's style over substance but I guess that's kind of the point..

Only God Forgives

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