The sequel to 2021's 2551.01, director Norbert Pfaffenbichler has a man in a monkey mask wandering through a strobing and flashing world of deviancy and pain. He's hunted by a plague doctor and his army while trying to save an abandoned child. But that's just the bare bones of a story for a film that is much better experienced by just watching its visuals and letting them burn into your eyeballs.
After the monkey man is shot, a masked woman saves him and they fall in love. But there's an undercurrent of ennui and being helpless throughout, as the protagonist is always just moments from his goal but always trapped by violence and a sexual frenzy that has gripped whatever these future inhabitants are, all set to the electronic din created by Wolfgang Frisch, Julia Witas and Simon Spitzer as well as a selection of classical music.
This movie warns you from the start: it has disturbing images, sexualized moments and strobing. It's either going to be totally something. You vibe to or the exact opposite. I get the feeling there's really nowhere in between.
After the monkey man is shot, a masked woman saves him and they fall in love. But there's an undercurrent of ennui and being helpless throughout, as the protagonist is always just moments from his goal but always trapped by violence and a sexual frenzy that has gripped whatever these future inhabitants are, all set to the electronic din created by Wolfgang Frisch, Julia Witas and Simon Spitzer as well as a selection of classical music.
This movie warns you from the start: it has disturbing images, sexualized moments and strobing. It's either going to be totally something. You vibe to or the exact opposite. I get the feeling there's really nowhere in between.
