“You are a vicious snowflake.”
– Red Miller
SYNOPSIS: The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiralling, surreal rampage of vengeance. – via IMDB
Uhm. Okay. Yeah. This. Well. I expected so much more. I heard so many good things (Ryan especially enjoyed this) and I had hopes, so my husband and I decided to give this a shot and… it took a sharp left turn. My husband said it more like took a major u-turn to head back up into oncoming traffic. It just… no.
The movie is bizarre. It really is like a bad trip. Initially everything starts out just fine, what with Red and Mandy living their isolated little life, but it works just fine for them. Then that crazy cult gets involved and everything goes downhill. Like… I am all for revenge movies. I honestly, truly am, and I even like them when there is loads of humour involved, but this movie? It went from serious and heartbreaking to stupid ridiculous. Not the fun kind, just so cringy. I also read someone day it had like a David Lynch type vibe, which might also explain what I didn’t enjoy about it.
Mandy looks fantastic. The use of colours and neons is wonderful, and the score is also good. It is just a pity the content doesn’t keep up. It goes from a strange, dreamlike, trippy vibe movie to a complete… I don’t know what. Not to mention Nicolas Cage delivered a super goofy performance. The two halves just don’t really gel together, and the movie’s tone is all over the show. The villains and the story are not fleshed out at all, so it’s just this strange journey you are undertaking with Red, and you know he wants payback, but that is all really. There are some half-assed reasons for this cult and these bikers dudes but… no. Also, that dialogue 
Mandy didn’t work for me. I didn’t have a good time, and this movie could have been serious and dramatic and hardcore revenge, or it could have been an entertaining revenge flick, and instead it starts off atmospheric and then gets embarrassing. Not a cool wtf like Evil Dead or great revenge like John Wick. No. I know a lot of people enjoyed this, but I did not. And it was excessively long. So while Mandy was stunning to look at, it just totally wasn’t my cup of tea.
The Sporadic Chronicles 
Ahh, sorry to hear this did not do it for you. I am still awaiting my chance to see Mandy, I think I must have missed its (brief) theatrical appearance in my area so streaming I guess is my only option. I gotta say, this thing was getting SERIOUS hype. So often movies become disappointments when that happens. . . .
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Yeah I see there is actually more hype surrounding this than I expected. I hope that you enjoy t when you check it out but meh. Didn’t work for me, and I had hopes.
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Mostly just looking forward to another nutty Nic Cage performance. If he goes total apeshit, the movie will pretty much do its job lol
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Most Disappointed SJB,
Well that sucks. I was told this was a good one FROWN FROWN FROWN.
Love,
SSC
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Dear Apprehensive Chop,
Maybe you like this 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t know though. Most people seemed to. It didn’t work for me FROWN FROWN FROWN. Keep me posted if you try it out!
Love,
Disappointed JB
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