There are those who easily forgive transgressions by misguided people and seek to have them treated and return to society as productive people. For those, this is NOT the type of movie.
Perhaps the most appropriate review title here is "Entertainingly Insane." The best clue regarding this movie is what the director says, "The actual story is not so important, what matters is how you shoot it and edit it." In other words, how it looks and feels is most important, and that comes at you full force in this movie.
I would not normally seek out this type of movie but recently I read that Nic Cage says during a period when he was in debt by several $Millions he took lots of roles and made some questionable movies because he needed to earn money.
This probably isn't one of those, I saw a recent interview on a late night show and when asked to name his five favorite movies he has made, "Mandy" was on that short list.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, it was filmed mostly in Belgium where they found some very interesting locations, which adds to the visual design. The movie has lots of red in it, particularly red lights at night, and lots of gore and blood. At its core it is a revenge movie, to destroy a misled religious cult with a fanatic as its leader.
At home on DVD from my public library.
