Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

One of the worst film that I've seen in my life. Absolutely disproportionate about the central topic of the script and the rest is superficial and without the minimum of interest.

The idea about the use of psylocibes is confusing and reveal a total ignorance or misunderstanding about it. It's like a film class B with an extreme distortion, almost a comic of the suspense (in the bad sense).

Definitely not recommended.

I haven't read the novel this is based on, but judging from what I saw in this movie, it should be pretty good. Moritz Bleibtreu is not the only one who is glad that thrillers are made. It's tough because of the expectations and the cinemas not getting the revenue getting anything back (never mind the distributors or investors).

This gets pretty dark and you get kind of in the head of our main character and how he is feeling. It's about a dark side that gets awakened, which is never a good thing of course. The movie does suggest a lot of things and the ending may seem a bit far stretched, but overall it does work ...

We have all heard the urban legend of a bad trip right? But what if it wasn't just an urban legend? What if after taking drugs your personality would be altered? What if you couldn't control your temper any more? Die dunkle Seite des Mondes explores some great themes of the human condition and whether or not you are responsible for all your actions. Additionally you get wonderful nature shots that reminded me of such movies like The Revenant. Also quite some good acting from some of the biggest actors of German cinema. Especially fans of Dune and Das Boot should be happy to see Jürgen Prochnow deliver a great performance. Great little film if you dig suspense.

What a waste of the talents of Prochnow and Bleibtreu.

The story is fairly interesting but the main reason to watch this movie is the visual storytelling avoiding all cheap tricks usually used to shoot a bad trip.