Inexorable (2021) User Reviews

Part of the family

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 10 April 2022]

The intrusion genre is not new. And I would not say that this offers too many new things for the viewer. What it does though: it tells the story as good as it gets. And it gives our "villain" the motivation and backstory needed. We kind of expect certain things from a genre entry like this one. And I would say that it fulfills those expectations.

There is moral bankruptcy and there is other things that might rub you the wrong way ... which may work in favor of the movie or not. Depending on how you will be able to process them. Not really surprising, but with an ending that I didn't expect like that either. Really good performances and the movie really takes as much from the story as it is able to.

Slow motion tragedy

[searchanddestroy-1 · 31 December 2022]

This intruder in the family scheme is not new at all. In American and European films industries, I have already seen this numerous times. But here Fabrice Du Welz is in his element. Benoit Poelvoorde too. Those two -actor and director - seem to fit together as Tod Browning and Lon Chaney one century ago, like the bullet fits with the gun barrel. Both Belgian and I am sure they will work together again in the future. Weird, twisted stories, disturbing, more or less nasty on several scenes. Remember ALLELUIA in 2014, not with the same actores, I admit, but with also the same slow and tragic progression to doom. This movie is one of my Fabrice Du Welz' favourite with CALVAIRE, ALLELUIA and of course COLT 45, which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the director's filmography. Remember that COLT 45 was a doomed, an evil experience for Du Welz; he was traumatized by the shooting, it was a pure nightmare for him. And it was an awesome crime flick. So, back to INEXORABLE, we feel here that Du Welz is again perfectly comfortable in this dark, gloomy tale.