It must have been a bad year in dark, bleak Canada for something like this to be given any sort of Award other than that of a stinker. If we never visit the despotic mind of Brandon Cronenberg again, that will be too soon. Some people may enjoy the satanic realm they exist within but spare a thought for those not wishing to be infected. Words fail to describe the perverse nature of this trivial mess; it's so bad even the actors seem to be treating it as a chore to get through, just taking the money and bolting for the door. This is ultimately actor and audience abuse.
Sickeningly graphic body mutilation and totally perverse sex acts - with all nudity falling heavily into the squalid side, do not make for any form of healthy entertainment - unless the audience is as demented as the writer/director, who is obviously over-indulging in his own sick kicks.
Among the excuses made for this 'story' is; That it's attacking decadence and the 'rich' - maybe we should ask then, are the Cronenberg's poor? Or is this the limp excuse used to simply justify perverse cinematic overindulgence? Anyone who thinks that Shock, for Shocks sake, is cleaver needs to smarten up their brain before it rots any further.
Maybe for the sake of your mental stability consider staying away from this way over-stretched putrid mess.
Footnote: Interestingly, the damming review the script gives for the Skarsgard characters book is a perfect description of this movie's plot. Just couldn't be better put, and by its own writer!
Sickeningly graphic body mutilation and totally perverse sex acts - with all nudity falling heavily into the squalid side, do not make for any form of healthy entertainment - unless the audience is as demented as the writer/director, who is obviously over-indulging in his own sick kicks.
Among the excuses made for this 'story' is; That it's attacking decadence and the 'rich' - maybe we should ask then, are the Cronenberg's poor? Or is this the limp excuse used to simply justify perverse cinematic overindulgence? Anyone who thinks that Shock, for Shocks sake, is cleaver needs to smarten up their brain before it rots any further.
Maybe for the sake of your mental stability consider staying away from this way over-stretched putrid mess.
Footnote: Interestingly, the damming review the script gives for the Skarsgard characters book is a perfect description of this movie's plot. Just couldn't be better put, and by its own writer!