Kinyírni a világot

The film is off to a very promising start. Some of the ideas concerning the perception of the world around the deaf-mute main character are quite entertaining, although the film doesn't try to work with them in any clever way. Similarly, they don't attempt much in terms of world-building, so the whole inner world feels as shallow as an arcade game level (which may have been the intention), plus they populate the plot with utterly futile, annoying and unmotivated bad guys (which may not have been the intention) and soon bog down in a very repetitive action spectacle without any substance (which certainly wasn't the intention). The film cuts the branch underneath itself with a twist in the last quarter that turns the whole plot on its head and commits the cheapest deception on the viewer that can be devised. It's no longer about being stylistically surprising, it's just helplessly messing with the script. And the rest, sadly, isn't nearly as engrossing and cool as it tries to be. (2024.04.25)