9/10
Excellent update to Slaughterhouse Five/Jacob's Ladder
26 February 2023
If you like this and haven't seen Slaughterhouse Five, I highly recommend it. Similar sci-fi theme, with a similarly "unstuck in time" protagonist.

There's also echoes of the original Jacob's Ladder (highly recommended).

I found this movie difficult to watch, entirely because most of the time I'm on my phone while watching stuff. Generally, you don't have to pay that close attention, but in this one you do.

In our era where 99% of movies are comic book adaptions, it's nice to see something different.

I could see this movie generating outrage in an earlier time because its stance towards a rather hard core drug is ambiguous at best. But what really works is we are right along with Fred in the confusion about whether he is experiencing these extraordinary things, or is just really high.

The acting is fantastic. Dylan O'Brien in particular convincingly carries a very abstract role.

There's also a charming mini "It Follows" reunion.
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