Undergods

First and foremost, acting is good and directing is excellent. So it has a solid foundation. The story is an anthology that loosely threads together tales of suffering manifesting within different environments. I'm still unsure if I enjoyed it. Perhaps some films are not meant to be merely enjoyed but to arouse contemplation. Either way, I'm interested to see what Chino Moya makes in the future, provided there is one.

I once read a John le Carré novel in which, early in the action, a spy, who was gut-shot and bleeding out on someone's carpet, was first and foremost profoundly apologetic about the mess, more than he was concerned with his own demise. Carré painted this as a quintessentially English approach to being in a state of profound distress. I must say: a fair enough stereotype, at least in those awkward cases where the carpet might be antique, and even for the aspirational masses too.

During the first ten minutes of this movie, I wasn't sure if I was watching something good. If you watch you'll see why--although the acting was really great then and throughout. Things were just so uncomfortable, inhibited, and so obviously sure to turn out badly in a predictable way. However, suddenly the movie took various hard, unexpected, and pleasantly intriguing turns. The slow start became, for me, canvas and backdrop to some actual stories. What ensued was actually pretty interesting and unpredictable.

Ultimately, despite the uncomfortably dystopian mess it drops on your proverbial carpet, this film owes you no apologies beyond the naked grotesqueness of it's own dark, forlorn, and pathological message. To me it's quite the interesting, last-minute suicide note of the languishing English soul.

My final verdict: well acted, interestingly plotted, very stark and dystopian, and it even offers a bit of futurist s/f backed up by completely convincing special effects. Absolutely worthy of a watch.

No, no, i'm not asking for the "writer/director" of this...thing...to be forgiven, no. What i want to say is that this is yet another pathetic excuse of meaningless self-indulgence under the excuse of "postmodernism". This piece of manure is so pretentious and pointless that it's hard to write anything more than this. There is absolutely no plot, and obviously the aforementioned guy thought he can fool people into believing this is art. There is no plot, only the vehement desire to spread a nihilistic view of human behavior. Probably, he's another new world order lackey, that is all. AVOID THIS IF YOU RESPECT YOURSELF.

Good looking, in a gloomy sort of way, short stories cleverly and randomly connected to each other. It's very well directed and acted without any real focal point other than the future looks mighty grim. It's a somewhat hypnotic film that offers many impressive visuals, but they are nearly all dark, violent, depressing or evil. I can't say I "enjoyed" it, but it is an interesting, cheerless, and somewhat miserable journey.

This film is a dark satirical dream of interwoven stories within a dystopian hellhole. It's a grim fairytale book of Orwellian doom yet oddly hilarious at times. Undergods is flawlessly written, perfectly casted, creatively scored and a true hidden gem of cinema. The world parallels our own with its depiction of "normal" society in which a mistake could easily kill you or throw you into the dark hell of society's underbelly. A place unthinkable until you are trapped within that nightmare. I truly hope that one day this beautiful masterpiece will find its proper place within the halls of cult cinema.