The Easie Precis: A New York businessman whose life revolves around appearance, status, popularity and wealth. He is, of course, typical of his milieu... except for his bloodlust.
Compatible Movies: Again, a stand-out. However, aspects of the main character can be seen in Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler (2014). In philosophy you might see it share values with Exit Through the Gift Shop (2013), but they are completely dissimilar films in every other respect.
The "for what it's trying to be" score: 90%
Watch the Trailer? No. There isn't any spoilers in it, but this isn't really the sort of film you worry about spoilers. Gradually knowing more and more about the main character is what this film is about - the trailer wrecks that.
A Little More Detail...
Entertaining in a twisted sort of way, this film does well to get you inside the main character's head. You almost even begin to understand him.
This section is called "a little more detail" and that is so appropriate to this film. The detail is fantastic. Facial expressions, little twists of reality, phrases, lines, beads of sweat are all just spot on and perfectly timed. When you make a film so exceptionally well, it becomes like a platform for audiences to begin questioning what the real message is. In this film, it is quite open to interpretation.
What this film does beautifully is to ironically - and hilariously, at times - show the corporate world as the pissing contest it is. The main character is merely a tool that is expertly used to by the film-makers to display how ridiculous this sort of thing is. I guess the point is that the axe-murdering maniac is not the real monster - it is all of us.
What's it About?
New York, Money, Prestige, Violent Murder, Returning some videotapes
Best Viewing Company: With a couple of friends. Potentially awkward with family
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