Demonlover is an intricate, absorbing and claustrophobically dramatic movie about corporate espionage, loyalty and betrayal. It tackles some interesting and relevant subject matter, and establishes characters and situations too complex to make clear sense out of. I've read some of the better interpretations by other users (for instance the thoughtful comment by the user panspermia, which however I don't agree with), and the events in this movie can certainly be perceived in a number of different ways. It's very true that there is a dominance/submission theme running through it, but the whys and wherefores of the events and reactions unfortunately tend to be too vague. I have my own interpretation of what went on (which is too lengthy to go into in detail), but my impression suffers a great deal from unclear descriptions of the companies and who are with which company. I think my interpretation works pretty well, though, even if there may be a couple of less than literal layers of the story that I'm probably missing (such as exactly what the DNA string at the end means, if anything). I'm looking forward to sometime seeing the movie a second time, and noticing more details. Disturbing as the movie is, however, I think it will be a while before I'll want to watch it again.
But all in all it's an interesting and thought-provoking little movie, with great production values and good actors.
7 out of 10.
But all in all it's an interesting and thought-provoking little movie, with great production values and good actors.
7 out of 10.