Impressive, bold and deliberately uncomfortable.

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2019)

From start to finish the film was thematically impeccable but perhaps too uninteresting. A hell-on-Earth scenario that highlights how easily humanity can get complete chaos with the simplest of changes. It's not a film I'm ever going to watch again as there is no subtlety in the way it was made, but am glad I experienced it. It is literally a story told in two 45-minute halves; the first a character build up with solid editing, cinematography and choreography. The second half a terrifyingly exaggerated experience which, whilst competently filmed, deliberately relies on tension that the film expertly dishes out in a very gradual way. An extremely enjoyable but uncomfortable watch. Not for everyone.
Other notes: Glad that the film wasn't too explicitly sexual as it would have seemed gimmicky. The violence is definitely tamed down from this director and it's good to see he doesn't need it to make a great film. The overhead shots were the best scenes. The wardrobe seemed really fitting to the individual personalities. The sound editing actually stood out as the music could have been droning but it wasn't.