Surreal detective story packed with quirky characters which plays out half in dreamland and half in Northampton ( because why not Northampton?) To say this is a bit hard to follow would be an understatement but maybe that's the point; you're not supposed to understand it because most of it doesn't make any sense. It's still a very enjoyable watch, often hilarious, sometimes shocking, regularly disturbing. It could do with being 20 minutes shorter though. I'm really glad that there are still people willing to take artistic risks with film in these days of formulaic Hollywood blockbusters.
The Show
2020
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
The Show
2020
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Plot summary
A frighteningly focussed man of many talents, passports, and identities, arrives in Northampton - a strange and haunted town in the heart of England, as dangerous as he is. On a mission to locate a stolen artefact for his menacing client, Fletcher finds himself entangled in a twilight world populated with vampires, sleeping beauties, Voodoo gangsters, noir private eyes, and masked avengers. He quickly sinks into a bizarre and delirious black hole, that is hidden just beneath the surface of this seemingly quiet town. Soon enough Fletcher discovers that dreams and reality have been blurred and there might no longer be a real world to go back to - Welcome to The Show.
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Surreal detective story set in Northampton
Lacked a Connecting Theme
Opening scene of overhead view of car on road; then inside car. Almost always a sign/litmus test of cheap to follow. Started interesting & different, but soon became tediously convoluted. Dozed off after two nights of trying to watch this went nowhere dreamlike surrealism. A detective is hired to find a simple neck cross pendant. Dream characters were all dumb not believable. Film ends with no pendant & left open a sequel. Possibly written while on drugs.
Another worst film! Full of boring conversation, and super annoying overuse scene! Avoid at all cost!
This film start with a man "Fletcher" riding in a taxi, and he arrive at his destination scene! As turnout, this film is about a hitman "Fletcher" helping his client "Patsy" finding his heirloom, and eventually Fletcher need to kill Patsy after he found out Patsy cheated him! Entire film full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse of the walking scene, overuse of the searching scene, overuse of the arguing scene, overuse of the calling names scene, overuse of the watching TV scene, overuse of the staring scene, overuse of the eating scene, overuse of the drinking scene, overuse of the hallucinate scene, overuse of the sleeping scene, overuse of the waking up scene, overuse of the reading scene, overuse of the spying scene, overuse of the surveillance video footage scene, overuse of the radio broadcasting scene, and overuse of the driving scene! Make the film unwatchable! At the end, Fletcher killed Patsy! That's it! Completely wasting time to watch!