03-14-2021, 08:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2021, 08:17 PM by Drunk Monk.)
A German superhero flick. It's modest. A suburban working mom meets a homeless dude who says she needs to go off her meds because she's 'one of us'. The meds are chemical restraints keeping her from her true superpowers. What makes this different is that it's not a nerdy kid who discovers his power. It's a working mom with bourgeoisie issues. She works at a fast food diner that specializes in chops. Her manager is hilarious, a stocky German woman obsessed with Schwarzenegger. There is a nerdy kid who discovers his power but he goes a different direction.
It's okay but nothing that extraordinary. I liked the lead actress Cornelia Gröschel. There's some metaphors to being special and the treatment of abnormal psychology, but it never gets that deep. When someone gives her a superhero costume that's like a dominitrix outfit, she asks if he thinks of her as 'jerk off material'.
I watched it in the original German with subs. I think that improved my experience. The end credit German rap is hard. I've always thought German was one of the best languages for rap.
There's a predictable end credits scene. It bums me out that those are so ubiquitous now.
I was amused to learn that 'Ciao' is 'Ciao' in German. 'Fuck' is 'Fuck' which is a little disappointing. I thought it was 'Fechten'
No sword fights. No particularly DOOM recommended.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
