Cosmopolis

2012年 • 109 分鐘

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Directed by the legendary David Cronenberg and starring Robert Pattinson, COSMOPOLIS is a darkly sexual and electrifying psycho thriller. New York is in turmoil, the age of capitalism is drawing to a close and Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a high finance golden boy, is chauffeured across the city in his extravagant limousine. As the day goes by, an eruption of wild activity unfolds on the city's streets. Eric's empire collapses and as his paranoia intensifies he starts to realize his assassination is imminent. Boasting a stellar cast including Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Samantha Morton and Paul Giamatti, this sexy thriller will keep audiences riveted until the very last moment - 2012 ALFAMA FILMS - PROSPERO PICTURES - FRANCE 2 TELEVISIONS - KINOLOGIC FILMS (DC). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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A deeply dark and believable character study of what it might take to be a ruthless success in high finance. R Pattinson is mesmerising, finding the dichotomoy between the tightly controlled, smooth, robotic exterior, and the seething chaos, despair, confusion and groundlessness lying beneath. The film thrives on both its portrayal of dissociation, and the links between mind-state and world-state, and how they feed and create each other. The script is lean and rich and bears countless messages. One message beams out loudly - that cut-throat capitalism is the outward reflection of humanity that has lost its sense of meaning and connection, where everything means and feels nothing, a dissociation underscored by the eerie silence within his limousine. A profound commentary on the inner workings of the drive for power, and how it has shaped society. If you're certain you like action not words, don't bother watching. The film is nearly all words - amazing words - and there's barely any soundtrack. But, give it a go anyway. Let it sink in. It's worth it.

This movie is a psychological drama with a political sociological message, in regards to a near future that could possibly happen, where private corporations, owned by the few, make so much money, and being privileged by their luxurious lives, aren't so safe after all, because those who aren't rich as they are, are bigger in numbers. This is a movie about a system fall and change, probably a collapse of Capitalism and Corporatism.

One of the most pretentious offerings I've had the misfortune to see. No plot, appalling dialogue and somehow seems to last for twice as long as it says in the description.