It's hard to review movie like this, when you've experienced excellence of this level. Only God Forgives, is not a movie, it is a static of the Human Society. How we as mortals act and try to act. Our actions, in the name of religion, family, beliefs, are all central to our own greed at the core.
The movie starts a little off color, and for the first 3 minutes you feel, that you might have made a mistake...but then the shot cuts to the inside, literally and figuratively. Gosling has smashed another scintillating performance, nailing to the heights a shadowy character, and lifting him to depths beyond the realms of current gen Movies. Tom Burke, although has very little screen time, but grips your attention to the fullest, and makes you admire the psycho. But the crunch of the pie has to go to Kristin Scott, who excels as the weird mother and boss. She overshadows a star of Gosling's stature with ease here, with those near incestuous looks and hate. If I had to choose a weak link, and really just for the sake of pointing one out, I'd say Chang's character could have been a little darker or lighter. I'm not sure, but somehow he seemed a little clichéd, or maybe that was the intention. Only God Forgives, is for me, the Movie of the Year. Once you're done watching this, you'd either hate it, loathe it's existence, or you'd adore it and lust for more. It makes you realize that at the very core forgiveness is perhaps our most carnal emotion, but is disguised by our superficial affections to the people around us.
The movie starts a little off color, and for the first 3 minutes you feel, that you might have made a mistake...but then the shot cuts to the inside, literally and figuratively. Gosling has smashed another scintillating performance, nailing to the heights a shadowy character, and lifting him to depths beyond the realms of current gen Movies. Tom Burke, although has very little screen time, but grips your attention to the fullest, and makes you admire the psycho. But the crunch of the pie has to go to Kristin Scott, who excels as the weird mother and boss. She overshadows a star of Gosling's stature with ease here, with those near incestuous looks and hate. If I had to choose a weak link, and really just for the sake of pointing one out, I'd say Chang's character could have been a little darker or lighter. I'm not sure, but somehow he seemed a little clichéd, or maybe that was the intention. Only God Forgives, is for me, the Movie of the Year. Once you're done watching this, you'd either hate it, loathe it's existence, or you'd adore it and lust for more. It makes you realize that at the very core forgiveness is perhaps our most carnal emotion, but is disguised by our superficial affections to the people around us.