Gorgeously filmed, fun and poignant movie! With vibrantly optimistic colour schemes, especially for outdoor scenes and cultural-influenced wardrobe. Wicked framing, and very intriguing moving shots! I love this movie from start to finish. Including the moment of the actual finale, when my response was WTF!?
I wanna highlight a few actors who gave really interesting energy with their performances: starting with Alex Winter (who i hadn't kept up with lately, but now wanna go see what else he's done recently). Mario D'Leon, who gave a curious performance that I adore, especially his body language and movement. Andy Allo is a very charming badass scene stealer. And finally the fantastic Alok Vaid-Menon who arguably could be the star of the film, tied with the actual hero, Désiré Mia. Which reminds me to mention that Alok delivers one of my two fav lines in the film, "The Joan Rivers of the apocalypse"; the other fav line being "Darth Karen".
The score took me by surprise in several scenes! I gotta admit I've gotten used to big-time flicks using predictable music and sound effects during tense fight scenes, so I found myself on several occasions shaking myself out of a dreamy state while watching artful martial arts fights, realizing I was entranced by brilliantly imagined and orchestrated musical scores!
Love the overall concept of this story! It's something to focus on in the real world for sure: apt and relevant. But also I had a blast watching it! I felt like a kid so many times throughout, nostalgic excitement from when I used to rent "karate movies" in the 80s.
Loved it, gonna watch it again tomorrow.
P. S. Look for a silent Lexi cameo about halfway through!
