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.

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.

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.

It's so bad it's funny... Half the time they move abs face directions that show their stomachs aren't attached. They lay in the beds on their backs and when they go to stand up you can see the full tummy area 😂 the subtitles are even worse if you're watching English dub they do not match at all!

All things considered, you simply cannot expect much from a film so poorly directed. The entire storyline about two people being stitched together, quickly comes apart when you notice too many times that they aren't actually stitched together. The body positions and angles are impossible to achieve while being stuck together, and the director doesn't exactly cover herself in glory by constantly showing them in shots that reveal they clearly aren't even touching.

Once you're able to get past that, you'll notice it's pretty obvious where the film is headed and nothing other than the potential plot-twists could keep you on the edge of your seat.

Get past that, you'll find that there actually are no plot-twists, it's just a very slow movie (which isn't something you should be able to say about a 70 minute movie). If you're into gory movies, you're likely to keep watching to see what you would expect to be a very bloody movie (two people stitched together, moving around). Unfortunately, it's not that either, the only thing you're likely to enjoy if you're really a fan, is an intimate relationship between two people who shouldn't be having an intimate relationship.

You're better off investing your 70 minutes into watching a different movie, reading a book, or better yet, taking a nap.