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 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1rLFCdewU If you want to see more: here's a playlist with a dozen commercials/various scenes to cure the itch. Synopsis: (courtesy of IMDB) "An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem." Starring: Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the upcoming Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter movies, television series Brotherhood, the bad guy in Mel Gibson's The Patriot) Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, Survivalist, the woman who puts up with Shia LaBeouf on a daily basis) Directed by: Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lone Ranger, Mousehunt) Also responsible for the story alongside Justin Haythe, who wrote the screenplay.   Rotten Tomatoes score (at time of writing): 41% === Personally I don't care much for most of the horror movies that seem to arrive in the movie theater on a monthly basis, but when it comes to suspenseful thrillers you can always sign me up. It helps if the movies are as visually appeasing as A Cure for Wellness is. Sometimes it's a tad too much, like seeing a room being reflected in the eye of a deer trophy, but still I think there's plenty of future material for One Perfect Shot. The movie is set in Naturally the movie is not all about the visuals, it is too about the mystery. Which is not just "what is going on?" but also "is main character is (going) crazy?". Well-trodden ground at this point, but it does a fine job of keeping you guessing just what the hell is happening. It might require a suspense of disbelief because for some reason this luxury health spa seems to have no trouble with a patient being able to wander around freely, even though staff seems to be everywhere. I guess you could assume that the spa is not used to people being there somewhat against their will and not being at an age where they don't have grey hair... Speaking of seniors, there is quite some nudity in this movie and most of it is a bit... flabby. And if you are hesitant to visit the dentist you shan't like this movie, lots of focus on teeth or the lack thereof. Uh sorry, I'm terrible at this whole mini-review thing. Either way I liked this movie and I think it's a perfect movie to see on a big screen. What did you think? Did you like the ending or where you expecting something completely different? Did more than two hours of people drinking water make you thirsty? Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Okay, here are the full-blown spoilers. Not holding back here: Backstory of the movie is that the site of the spa used to be a castle belonging to a local baron. The baron was so focused on preserving his bloodline that he married his sister. Their children were all disfigured so he started looking for a solution to fix it. He did experiments on local people and when others found the bodies of these failed experiments, they marched on the castle. They burned the sister at the stake after cutting her unborn child out her belly and tossing it into the water. I don't remember if they mention specifics of what happened to the baron himself. None of this is told through flashbacks, it's all stories, old drawings and an old photo (which shows a man with a bandaged face and a young girl at the building site of the spa). Cut to modern day. The spa is run by a doctor Volmer and he takes special care of a teenage girl. She is by far the youngest patient at the spa and acts almost like a child. What is the cure? It preserves youth and it is made by inserting small eels in a human body which somehow produces the "vitamins" that the employees are taking. The production of the cure ultimately kill the patients through dehydration (despite the fact they are constantly drinking the local water). The patients never leave because they all end up dead at some point. Who is the girl? She is the baron's daughter, cut from the sister's womb. She survived being thrown in the water and it led to the baron discovering the cure. She has gradually aged throughout time. Who is the doctor? The doctor is the baron, also preserved through the cure. He wears an elaborate artificial face (think Darkman), I'm guessing because he actually got burned by the locals in the past. What is the doctor/baron's goal? He gradually let his daughter age waiting until she was ready (had her period) so he can marry her and preserve the bloodline (so he wants to gently caress his daughter). I confess that it sounds absolutely ridiculous typing it out like that, but keep in mind that it's a movie that is at least two hours and 15 minutes in length. It doesn't come out of nowhere, they build towards it. I can see how it can be disappointing tho especially if you wanted a a less "supernatural" angle to the plot. Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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