Dos

Two: Two people, a man and a woman awake in a bed to find their abdomens have been stitched together. They have never met before and there is mutual suspicion. However they have to reach a modus vivendi and co-ordinate their actions to actually move. There are some scenes of horror here, even existential terror but is far too wordy. All is explained and though there is a grand guignol ending Two does not follow the brevity of that school. Even at 70 minutes it's too drawn out and might have worked better as an episode of an anthology series or film. Directed by Mar Targarona, Written by Cuca Canals,Christian Molina & Mike Hostench. On Netflix. 5/10.

It's a short 70 min movie involving just 2 people who are stiched left/ right side of the abdomen. Even thought it's 70 mins movie is bit slow. There is not much story but it will keep you hooked to know why this was done to them. One time watch.

Ah this took me back to my physiology class where we learned about leptin through parabiosis of rats.

A Spanish mystery thriller on Netflix where two people got sewn together and had to try to get out of the ordeal.

I'm pretty sure I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the general reviews that I have seen on Letterboxd. When the movie started I could feel pain in my belly. It's such a nasty yet interesting concept that drawn me into the movie. Even though the movie was only a hour, its pacing was quite slow, but this actually kept the intensity high for me. The conversations between the characters were weird at times, but I wasn't bothered that much.

Good concept is one thing, but execution is a different story. This aspect was where I was majorly disappointed. Ugh it's annoying how they butchered the potential. The twist in this movie could have been handled way better to have significantly more impact. For some reason it was like they downplayed the twist. Because of this, the last 20 minutes felt like the director got confused and led to the demise of the movie. My mind could have been blown away like when I watched The Invisible Guest (one of the best Spanish mystery thrillers that is also on Netflix), but I didn't get that, thanks to the lack of direction from the director.

Also, even though I said I wasn't bothered much from the conversations, the characters' behaviors and mindset were confusing and pretty unrealistic.

Overall, this had so so much potential to be a great body horror, but it fell short. That's my two cents. 6/10.

Others have said it. Premise had some interesting potential. Freaky idea, wake up and you're sewn to another person, no idea what or how it happened. Ok. The reviews out here point out some key points - how were they drugged? How were they transported to some remote snow region? How did the father find them? Why wait until they are in their mid-30s to do what he did? Etc. Where the movie 100% lost me even if I wanted to forgive some of the other stuff I just mentioned is they cut themselves loose after shooting the guy that did it and he's dying on the floor. Women decides "hey, I'll just walk out in the freezing cold and snow naked for help" for what clearly would have been a very long time. Zero chance of surviving. No one decided to try the phone the guy had beside the cameras he had watching them? Bet that one worked. That aside, anyone with 0.00000001% of a brain in this situation would have used a towel or something to bandage the wound on their side from the cutting, then taken the dying guy's clothes and put them on before heading out into the snow for help so they wouldn't freeze to death in minutes. Implausible stupidity because the script wanted to hammer home the 'ying / yang / 2' concept to the viewer with the subtlety of a sledgehammer one last time. Problem is it takes the viewer completely out of the movie when relatively smart characters do something so ridiculously and obviously stupid.

I guess 2 stands for the rating you should give to this movie. I'm pretty generous here, but they asked so hard for it. Otherwise 1 should fit nicely.

Anyway, this film is so damn soulless and big time stupid. The chemistry between the two leads was nothing special, but i kinda enjoyed the over ther top acting.