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Possessor (2020)
Directed by Brandon Cronenberg
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Overview
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Andrea Riseborough | Christopher Abbott | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Sean Bean | Tuppence Middleton | Rossif Sutherland | Kaniehtiio Horn | Raoul Bhaneja | Gage Graham-Arbuthnot | Gabrielle Graham | Christopher Jacot | Hanneke Talbot | Deragh Campbell | Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves | Matthew Garlick | Daniel Park | Hrant Alianak | Rachael Crawford | Kathy Maloney | Megan Vincent | Danny Waugh | Dorren Lee | Doug MacLeod
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/03/2020 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Seriously unsettling, a real mindfuck of a movie. It’s great to know where that haunting image is from within the context of the movie. I’ll have to watch the trailer now. Good thing I have a very long drive* home to unwind.
Update: found a nearby brewery offering service with limited seating so imbibing a couple small pours to shake off that feeling.
There is one thing I wish the movie had done but it doesn’t detract from what we are given. It’s more of a personal preference in the storytelling.
*this movie is only screening at *one* theater in all of Chicagoland and it just happens to be a cinema 52 miles from my home in Frankfort, IL, and a solid 1 hour drive via the tollway. At a theater where I’ve never been: Emagine Cinema. This is a very nice theater w/a player piano in the huge lobby area, a working fireplace, a full bar and very upscale hotel furniture. The whole vibe is very upscale hotel lobby. Like Hyatt Rosemont lobby. Which is funny bc it used to be a former Dominick’s grocery store (and very obvious at that).
The screens have the full lazy boy recliners but not steep like an AMC but more flat sloped. Great projection and audio but no masking which looks super shitty b/c this particular movie looks 1.66:1 but it sits inside a 1.78:1 border which then sits inside the theater’s 1:85:1 screen. So two different shades of “not quite black” framed the movie… and it was so ugly to see. A little distracting, too. Not very many people attended and I think some didn’t even show up b/c my row was empty but I did see blocked out seats when I was checking Fandango.
Oh the matinee ticket price was a six dollars even, which was another favorable thing. Overall I got out for a decent drive to visit an area I’ve never been to and got to see a really fucked up movie for 6 bucks then visit two cool breweries afterwards. Hopefully I didn’t pick up the virus but I’m gonna quarantine for the next week just in case.
4 years ago
We had to drive to Sloan’s Lake in Denver to see it tonight. Only theater playing it and it was the last show. This one’s gonna stay with me for a long time!
4 years ago
It’s a little surprising that it’s getting so few screens given that most theaters are starving for content right now. All the AMC theaters are still showing the same movies they were the first week they re-opened. Very curious why this movie hasn’t gotten a wider release.
4 years ago
My assumption is AMCs aren’t playing it because it’s unrated. I guess it’s playing at drive-ins as well? I can’t wait to watch it again in the home theater at some point!
4 years ago
Huh that’s a good call. Trying to think if I’ve seen any unrated films at AMC but none come to mind. This will movie will look A-mazing in your home theater.
4 years ago
This would make a good double feature with BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW too.