This is just weird. I went with it to the end, hoping it would finally make sense. But it doesn't. There is actually a conclusion; just not a very good one.
Another devilish, unclassifiable, remarkable film from Japanese director Sion Sono. Is it sci-fi? Teenage drama? Fantasy? Voyeurism? Gothic horror? An exploration of free will v determinism? Who cares when it’s this weird and wonderful. The gruesome, surreal opening coup de cinema, thankfully not shown in the trailer, is startling in its audacity. Things tail off for a bit after that as we become involved in teenage girl shenanigans (hence only 4 stars instead of 5), but soon we’re back among the action and plot twists. Not the masterpiece that was Love Exposure, but pure cinema. Why can’t the British film industry wean itself off social realism and make something as weirdly wonderful.