The Nightingale (I) (2018)
7/10
A NAKED LOOK AT SUFFERING COLONIALISM AND HUMANITY'S EVIL AMONG US
10 September 2021
This is a Brutal and Unwavering Lesson of Evil's Presence in the World.

Mostly Residing in an Abstract Acknowledgement by the Untouched and made More Profound by Film's Ability to Penetrate the Filters of the Mind that keep that Reality at a Comforting Distance.

We Need a Reality Check Now and Then or Pride will Preface the Fall.

Simply Put...There's Always more Work to be Done...Eternal Vigilance.

Jennifer Kent's Second Film after a Horror Movie "The Babadook" (2014). This could be Classified a "Horror" Film Without much Dissent.

It Unleashes the Horrors of Humanity. Not Supernatural Forces or Monsters of Unknown Origin.

We Know Damn Well Who's to Blame and the Evil is Lurking Everywhere just Waiting to Manifest.

Things Happen in this Movie that are Unspeakable and so In Your Face that it is Impossible to Ignore.

So be Prepared to Witness Things Horrific.

Like Infanticide and Gang Rape and just for Companionship, Non-Stop Cold Blooded Murder. A Relentless "Slaughter of the Innocents".

The Acting, Script, Cinematography and Setting are Realistic and Deliver this Fictional Tale as a Stunning Indictment and Unglossed Mirror that Reflects Unbelievable, Deplorable Behavior.

The Film is Not for the Easily Disturbed, Ultra-Sensitive Types, Hyper-Empaths or those who Tend to Push this Type of Reality to the Back of the Mind.

This Film Experience is Impossible to Eliminate from the Mind.

So be a Warning.
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