I was lost from beginning to end. It was interesting to watch because it is very bizarre, but ultimately I didn't get any of the symbolism, I didn't understand what was happening, and by the end I didn't much care.
Mosquito State
2020
Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Mosquito State
2020
Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
August 2007. Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns: His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEBMovie Reviews
A slow movie that might be about something
Insane - or not
First things first: technically speaking there is nothing wrong with the movie. It looks good, it sounds good ... actually too good if you think about it. The sounds of Mosquitos may drive you crazy ... if they do and you are as "fond" of them as I am ... you'll be in for a "treat".
Having said all that, the movie is quite enticing. Not as enticing as the mosquitos are to our main character, but still ... a quite crazy story about money and how it sucks people dry ... oh wait ... is there a "hidden" message here? Puns aside, this is a slow burn ... you're either with it or you'll be bored (main actor is amazing btw)
I go zzzz like da mosquito go zzzz.
The opening titles are good and really set the scene for a high quality horror movie. As soon as the titles are over we are plunged headfirst into terrible acting, laughable dialogue, cheap cgi and cheesy effects. For the first ten minutes we get badly mixed, aggressively pounding EDM music slammed into our ears, utterly destroying any chance of establishing a tone or atmosphere. The movie never recovers from this initial, baffling mistake.
Our lead character is an unrealistic, uninteresting, boring corporate butthead. He's bitten by a mosquito and then lurches from scene to scene spouting aggressive, unrealistic dialogue to other buttheads who I think are meant to be 'hyper-masculine males', but appear to be written by somebody who has neither worked in a corporate office nor met any human beings in real life. His mosquito bite begins to affect him in boring ways. Then it goes for an artsy, poignant payoff which I'm still laughing at.
The cinematography is over-reliant on washing scenes in uniform colour, to the point of silliness, where even a domestic scene in an apartment doesn't look real. 'Stagey' is an understatement.
The opening titles are good. Oh, I said that already.