Mandy

I'm not even sure I fully know what happened in this movie, but I had a great time watching it.

This is one to watch on a big screen with good lighting and sound. Get comfortable, strap in, and just let it wash over you.

Movie was 7 out of 10,definetly with a watch, even better on drugs at a party, one of those trippy movies.... you like watching jesus freaks get the axe,no pun intended this is for you

An interesting, but very very odd movie. I found this entertaining enough, and yet found myself struggling to process a lot of the weirdness after the end. Story a bit like The Crow, with the brutality of I Spit On Your Grave. With psychedelic lighting effects emulated from films like The Trip and Natural Born Killers. A heavy dose of Tarantino and Miike style comedy-violence. An odd ATV riding biker-like gang who may or may not be Hellraiser-like demons summoned by a cult's mysterious horn and may or may not eat people. Plenty of drugs. Oh, and chainsaws! It comes off like they started off trying to make a deep and artsy revenge film, but somehow I felt like the thing came out as a mish-mash of recycled horror elements and tropes. This was apparently a US-UK-Belgium cooperative effort, filmed mostly in Europe for some reason even though it takes place in America, and had a LOT of producers. Maybe there were production problems, and different producers tried to pull the movie in different directions, which led to the movie feeling a bit disjointed, like too many cooks spoiling the broth. The oddly placed fantasy-inspired title cards only added to the confusion. The writer seemed to have a fantasy and prog-rock thing going on which largely informed a lot of visuals and lines and music in this film. There are a lot of parts of this movie which come off as funny, and it's hard to tell whether it's intentional or not. Consider lines like "Do you like the Carpenters? Personally, I think they're fantastic", from the deranged cult leader trying to seduce a woman wearing a Black Sabbath t-shirt. Nicolas Cage pounding over half a bottle of vodka in about 2 minutes between screams and sobs of anguish (understandable, but still funny). I wouldn't nominate this movie for any awards and I don't think it's a must-see, but despite the movie's oddness, somehow it pulls together and makes for an entertaining watch, as long as you don't expect cinematic brilliance. Maybe watch it, but more for a rainy day and not a watch party with friends. There were also some unresolved questions, like the chemist's role and the story behind the Black Skulls. I like bizarre movies (and Nicolas Cage) more than most people, I think, but I couldn't help but think, what the hell WAS that!?

This film is and action-packed, gore-filled romp in all the best ways.