Synchronic, 2020 (D+)
Definitely the worst Benson and Moorhead. It starts interestingly, with a bunch of out-of-their minds junkies linked by the same designer drug. They all have very different conditions and are all presented in a cool way, with the best filmmaking in the movie being in the first half.
The second half begins with an explanation of how everything works, almost as tedious and silly as the explanation from Spring, one of their previous movies.
At that point, the way the drug works and is explored feels, both in presentation and how it affects the plot, like a video game. In a bad way. The movie starts feeling long at least 40 minutes before it's over, and from that point forward it really feels like someone telling you about the video game they're playing. It's tedious and predictable, and you have ample time to figure out how it's going to end because the entire second half is eneventful as hell, at least between the moments where it doesn't feel downright silly.
Definitely the worst Benson and Moorhead. It starts interestingly, with a bunch of out-of-their minds junkies linked by the same designer drug. They all have very different conditions and are all presented in a cool way, with the best filmmaking in the movie being in the first half.
The second half begins with an explanation of how everything works, almost as tedious and silly as the explanation from Spring, one of their previous movies.
At that point, the way the drug works and is explored feels, both in presentation and how it affects the plot, like a video game. In a bad way. The movie starts feeling long at least 40 minutes before it's over, and from that point forward it really feels like someone telling you about the video game they're playing. It's tedious and predictable, and you have ample time to figure out how it's going to end because the entire second half is eneventful as hell, at least between the moments where it doesn't feel downright silly.