Sayan Biswas

Good production, direction and writing, but bad message, I guess? SPOILERS! It endorses a very violent and reckless righteousness which is ultimately justified by the plot. And that it does it in the name of God (unironically, as far as I can say) makes me call it a boomermovie, but I guess noir movies have been historically guilty of these kinds of plot. Well produced, but ultimately standard stuff. Bonus point for not killing a black person.

One of the most thematically grounded movies I've seen in a very long time. Not to say a lot about the mind-bending theme itself, but that it poses some scary questions some very fundamental notions of self and identity and the integral role of the society in it. The most entertaining part for me though was when on rewatches I could consciously decode the symbolism and nuance which created a lot of suffocating atmosphere that most of the movie revels in. A word of advice for psychological-thriller enthusiasts: This is an obviously confusing movie, but that doesn't mean that it's a puzzle to be solved. The confusion isn't the major hook (unlike say, Memento), it pays deference to the central theme. Everything isn't supposed to be clear - and that's exactly the point. So I think to enjoy this fully one should view the events from the protagonists POV and read her state of mind instead.