Nexxt

A thought-provoking film adaptation of a play that is itself a paraphrasing of American Psycho.

What makes it extremely interesting and worth to watch is that it is placing the original story in the framework of today's often cruel TV-shows, those that do not care about the methods, only about the effects.

Parallel with it, the film also suggests the responsibility of society itself, as the receptive agent of media products, a multitude sharing the act of committing media's sins by remaining silent or even becoming cooperative.

The film's imagery is intensive, shocking, sometimes even brutal and horrifying. It is capable to make us laugh loudly on the miserable nature of media reality, while surely no one will leave the theater untouched and without a bang in the head.

For me, the film is comparable to Bad Boy Bubby, in its crude beauty and naturalism, but also in its employing of both extremely comic and extremely tragic elements.

This is a film about the reality of the TV shows and the human nature -in nowadays. The acting is excellent, the music and cinematography also. This is a budget film with a very good story and storytelling. If you stay with it long enough to see beneath the surface, this movie can be habit-forming.

You will enjoy it.

Some parts of the plot are based on other famous works like American Psycho and Clockwork Orange. Rex Madison's character is almost equal to Patrick Bateman's. Some events are also the same as in American Psycho (the novel). These scenes are more naturalistic than in the American Psycho movie. They are closer to Bret Easton Ellis' dark world. Rex Madison's home videos are used in the demonstration how the Clockwork Orange 'equipment' works. Little Alex's character shows what has happened to him after Kubrick's story. Yes, he is that Alex from Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Once you feel sick by the naturalism, ten seconds later you are laughing like a child. All these presented as a reality TV show offer great entertainment for thriller fans.

In my opinion Nexxt was meant to be a disdainful smile to the Hungarian television and its audience. However, reducing the number of shocking elements of the film could have resulted in two things. First, it could have reached much more people (in Hungary it was declared to be so scandalous that very few people had the chance to watch it uncut in cinemas). Second, and more importantly I wouldn't have felt it necessary to watch it fast forward at certain parts (I didn't). But altogether it's a very brave, self-destructive (at parts) attempt, and it really succeeds in making us laughing at ourselves. It certainly smashes the Hungarian meant-to-be-megahit Hídember. As for the actors, they couldn't have been chosen any better. Especially Udvaros Dorottya sparkles and spits her great lines in our face. She's so stunning. In a part, where she could've tried to make it very-very big, she manages to find a balance and correctly recognizes that the film is already over-exaggerated, her performance plays a crucial role in making us having nightmares about the film. The rest of the cast (especially Bodó Viktor) is also very remarkable. Gets a 6.