I typically like Refn, but this was just disappointing. The plot line is fundamentally a banal revenge tale, cinematography as always is amazing but thats just not enough to save this.
To respond to the positive reviews i'm seeing: How?
Symbology? Where? Nothing happens in this. You get presented with basic characters that have a potentially interesting dynamic, which is explored with... long surreal scenes in which the characters just stare at each other? Its sad how people won't call out a movie just because they believe that lauding a film that the "simple plebs" have rated negatively will make them seem like a connoisseur or ahead of the flock.
To end this: it feels like Refn tried to avoid making a mindless flick by leaving blanks for the viewer to fill in. Problem is, when 90% of the movie is a blank for the audience to fill in, the result it something that just feels plain lazy more than anything else.
Review of Only God Forgives
