Crimes of the Future

The worst body horror I've ever seen. This movie tried so much to be clever and original. But instead, it becomes a dreadful and excruciating movie to watch. I wonder why Viggo Mortensen took this job. Maybe he is in deep debt or something. I feel sorry for him. I gave 1 more star for a certain scene in this movie. Other than that, this movie is a total crap.

I could barely understand Mortensen's character with the constant throat-clearing and his drab voice. The film is beautifully shot with excellent cinematography, stunning S/VFX and sets, and the score was on point. The casting and performances were decent and convincing. The 107 min runtime felt much longer with the slow pacing and the dragged out story. This film needed more substance and action with less filler, or cut down to a short film. The story was uniquely Cronenberg's style, and aside from some decent eclectic scenes, it was dull and hollow. Even as unique and intriguing as this art-house sci-fi was, it lacked the depth, excitement and pizzazz Cronenberg's The Fly had. You might like this if you're a Cronenberg fan, but probably wont if you're not into his style of filmmaking.

I mainly wanted to see cause I love David Cronenberg's films, I barely knew much and I fairly enjoyed Crimes of the Future. The ambient music is one of my favorite aspects, I really like weird movies and the acting is great! Reminds me of Pathology but much weirder. I talked to one guy in the audience for a bit before the movie started he seemed cool I was surprised he left halfway in, it's not a bad movie at all. An interesting surgery story with some not so appealing eating; I would recommend the movie to anyone that would be interested.

In the future our bodies are mutating. And the suppression/manipulation of this has become high art. Even seen as highly erotic. Crimes Of The Future is a welcome return to David Cronenberg's universe of physical and dystopian horror. Nightmarish and perfect Cronenberg.

As another 21st century art object, not a "movie" which is an early 20th century concept, this delivers everything the brand name (David Cronenberg) promises. Plus it's pretty high-brow. Superior production values but I really think it'a more of a moving painting. When everyone has 4K video projection it could play silently on a wall, slowly changing from pale, wan faces to exotic biomorphics to visceral, pulsating fantasias. If you want date night (unless your date is Amy Taubin) forget it. I just remembered what this kinda, sorta reminded me of. Quintet, Robert Altman's arty, dystopic from 1979. That wintry society was pre-occupied with the stylized rituals of the titular board game. And everyone was cloaked and draped against the cold with hats and hoods. Similar end-of-world feel.

Crimes of the Future is bold and avant-garde in its approach and ideas which peaked my interest, but overall the execution left me wanting. I must admit I was enthralled by many elements of the film. The performances were engaging and layered, the set design was bare bones but very effective, the spine of the story was all there, but the film had no real bite to it. Ultimately this is the reason I can't bring myself to give this film a more favourable review. The story just missed the mark for me. Plenty of style and some decent exploration of some intriguing ideas, but I felt like there was insufficient depth. I left the film thinking "is that it"... which I think is perhaps the worst note to leave a film on.