Dark Through and Through

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2019)

Joker superficially resemblances movies like Falling Down. But this one has so much more.
The movie starts out slowly. Very slowly. At one point I was wondering how long it would go on at such a slow pace. However, pieces are being carefully placed, seemingly unrelated, but definitely not at random.
Then the bomb maker has all the pieces he needs.
The explosion is unexpected and violent, a tipping point that triggers all the pent-up madness and fury. The slow burn start served to immerse us in this world so we can be engulfed and swept along by the flood. Events spiral out of control as the pieces slam into place. Reality and illusion blur. Themes of family, friends, mental illness, loss, deceit, and ultimately society's failure, crash together in an increasingly shocking ride.
There's nothing happy about this movie. It is dark, through and through. I rarely do this, but I'm going again tomorrow...