Seven Psychopaths Review
00:49:00Hello My Lovely's,
What a film! Fast, funny and ironical entertaining, this is
one for everyone apart from those who may get a little queasy at blood!
Directed and written by Martin McDonagh, the film focuses on a man who after struggling to come up with a screenplay for his next film, creates a script on 'Seven Psychopaths' who he finds he has also encountered in his real life!
From the outlook at the start of the film, many audience
members including myself expected the normal, thriller based films, Hollywood
has been generating for years. However this film beats all expectations!
Colin Farrell takes the reign as leading man Marty Faranan
and as someone who is not the biggest fan of Farrell; I loved his performances
in this. He made it more interesting in questioning everything on screen to see
if it was real or all part of his screenplay against Sam Rockwell's Billy
Bickle, who has become so obsessed by the idea of a shootout at the end that he
confuses the audience entirely.
For minor characters Woody Harrelson's Charlie Costello, is
brilliant as he searches for his dog throughout the film. His performance in
this reminded me so much of his character in 'Zombieland' as he mentions his
obsession for revenge over his dog instead of the loved ones that he has lost.
For entertainment he is the man to bring it to the film, as he just gets what a
film needs to be excellent.
One presentation of femininity in the film that I think was
so disturbing yet interesting was the wife who took control of all the murders
in one montage scene. From burning people, cutting a person’s arm off and to
being referred to as a 'serial killers killer', this one female male made a
grown man cry in fear and
McDonagh's placement of this in the film is in fact
brilliant for exceeding the audiences expectations.
All of the characters were better than I thought they were
going to be as I thought about the way an all-male cast would have been if it
was some huge Hollywood Blockbuster, although the subtle male figures in this
film make it so brilliant. They are not what you expect and their actions to
life our not what you expect.
I also loved the way that the men knew that they were in a
film and how they ultimately used that to choose their own endings! This made
it a great viewing in watching all of the aspects unfold on screen, as well as
why they would want that ending! But really it was all in the head of an
alcoholic!
The film was thoroughly enjoyable and I would recommend that
everyone watches it, to see the good old fashioned British film industry back
in full swing!
These Psychopaths are getting...
4 Stars
Until Next Time...
Joey xxx
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