Directed by:
Stephan RickComposer:
Gast WaltzingCast:
Moritz Bleibtreu, Jürgen Prochnow, Nora von Waldstätten, Doris Schretzmayer, Luc Feit, André Hennicke, Nickel Bösenberg, Marco Lorenzini, Sabine Rossbach (more)Plots(1)
Corporate lawyer, Urs Blank, is the undisputed star of his profession. He has money and the perfect wife. But the suicide of a business colleague throws him off track and leads to an attraction with Lucille and her alternative lifestyle. Seduced into experimenting with hallucinogenic mushrooms, his dark side emerges, as with merciless power, long suppressed aggressions burst out and go wild. The once civilised lawyer turns into an instinct-driven individual and erratic murderer. Deeply unsettled by the change he flees to the woods in search of an antidote but the police and his vindictive business partner are already on his tracks. (Berlinale)
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At first glance the movie appears to be a pretty uncompromising thriller, but in the end, the whole premise was far more superficial than I originally thought.
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A solid thriller from the German-Luxembourg waters about a successful lawyer who, with a lady he meets at a party, gets a taste of the local magic mushrooms and experiences a horror trip that turns a decent, successful man into not only a wreck but also a maniac with a thirst for violence. A very intense and raw film that kept me entertained from start to finish. 80%.
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Even though it's ultimately a classic tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I liked this German rendition. The violence is presented in a way that can be quite chilling, which still surprises me in today's world given what's happening around us. I was expecting a bigger idea at the end, though.
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