06-12-2026, 09:32 PM
https://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFo...0#pid82970
It was hot, so I figured I'd hide out in an air conditioned theater after work until things cooled a bit.
This was a mind f*ck a movie. A thriller about inter-dimensional architecture. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a troubled furniture salesman, set in the 80's/90's. He's not unlike Ed Barbara of Furniture USA...in fact, it's set in Santa Clara Valley (though shot in BC) and mentions that the store is off McKee, near 680...Ejiofor talks with his therapist, but isn't making progress and is constantly focused on trying to keep the business going.
At one point, he discovers a portal to another part of the building. Hilarity ensues. It's very twisted and creepy and tries to have a lot of jump scares. A little Alice Through the Looking Glass, and maybe a little Tideland, but also Castaway as there are so few characters and much of the time is spent wandering around the maze...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages that are all different...you have been eaten by a grue!! There's definitely a video game feel to the movie, like Wolfenstein and other first person shooters.
I found the 80's furniture, decor, and fashion off-putting and it was hard to watch just that for an entire film, but even so, I think it was generally OK. I wanted more explanation than the few hints that were given.
Lightly recommended. No need to see on the big screen. Much of the beginning is being watched on an era-appropriate recording with scanlines.
--tg
It was hot, so I figured I'd hide out in an air conditioned theater after work until things cooled a bit.
This was a mind f*ck a movie. A thriller about inter-dimensional architecture. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a troubled furniture salesman, set in the 80's/90's. He's not unlike Ed Barbara of Furniture USA...in fact, it's set in Santa Clara Valley (though shot in BC) and mentions that the store is off McKee, near 680...Ejiofor talks with his therapist, but isn't making progress and is constantly focused on trying to keep the business going.
At one point, he discovers a portal to another part of the building. Hilarity ensues. It's very twisted and creepy and tries to have a lot of jump scares. A little Alice Through the Looking Glass, and maybe a little Tideland, but also Castaway as there are so few characters and much of the time is spent wandering around the maze...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages that are all different...you have been eaten by a grue!! There's definitely a video game feel to the movie, like Wolfenstein and other first person shooters.
I found the 80's furniture, decor, and fashion off-putting and it was hard to watch just that for an entire film, but even so, I think it was generally OK. I wanted more explanation than the few hints that were given.
Lightly recommended. No need to see on the big screen. Much of the beginning is being watched on an era-appropriate recording with scanlines.
--tg