Two

Two: Two people, a man and a woman awake in a bed to find their abdomens have been stitched together. They have never met before and there is mutual suspicion. However they have to reach a modus vivendi and co-ordinate their actions to actually move. There are some scenes of horror here, even existential terror but is far too wordy. All is explained and though there is a grand guignol ending Two does not follow the brevity of that school. Even at 70 minutes it's too drawn out and might have worked better as an episode of an anthology series or film. Directed by Mar Targarona, Written by Cuca Canals,Christian Molina & Mike Hostench. On Netflix. 5/10.

Ah this took me back to my physiology class where we learned about leptin through parabiosis of rats.

A Spanish mystery thriller on Netflix where two people got sewn together and had to try to get out of the ordeal.

I'm pretty sure I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the general reviews that I have seen on Letterboxd. When the movie started I could feel pain in my belly. It's such a nasty yet interesting concept that drawn me into the movie. Even though the movie was only a hour, its pacing was quite slow, but this actually kept the intensity high for me. The conversations between the characters were weird at times, but I wasn't bothered that much.

Good concept is one thing, but execution is a different story. This aspect was where I was majorly disappointed. Ugh it's annoying how they butchered the potential. The twist in this movie could have been handled way better to have significantly more impact. For some reason it was like they downplayed the twist. Because of this, the last 20 minutes felt like the director got confused and led to the demise of the movie. My mind could have been blown away like when I watched The Invisible Guest (one of the best Spanish mystery thrillers that is also on Netflix), but I didn't get that, thanks to the lack of direction from the director.

Also, even though I said I wasn't bothered much from the conversations, the characters' behaviors and mindset were confusing and pretty unrealistic.

Overall, this had so so much potential to be a great body horror, but it fell short. That's my two cents. 6/10.

This is one of those films where they have come up with a idea but then struggle to come up with a why? Two people unknown to each other wake up naked sewn together at the abdomen, in a room neither of them have been in before. Its a good idea but what follows makes little sense, the way the characters act to being there and the reason they are there makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

It's so bad it's funny... Half the time they move abs face directions that show their stomachs aren't attached. They lay in the beds on their backs and when they go to stand up you can see the full tummy area 😂 the subtitles are even worse if you're watching English dub they do not match at all!

'Two' is like a crossover between 'Saw' and 'The Human Centipede' with a dash of the 'The Number 23' for good measure. If you sold a movie to me on that premise alone I'd be pretty excited for it. The problem with 'Two' is that it never gives itself a chance. At only 70 minutes in runtime there simply isn't enough time for it to do anything special or memorable.

The first two thirds of the film are actually pretty interesting. There's the mystery element where we are wondering why this has been done to these two people. There's the unique and uncomfortable element of the disturbing thing that has been done to these people. And then there's the character dynamic where they are having to deal with this horrible situation they find themselves in. The set-up in this movie is actually very good.

For some reason though, once we get some answers, the film becomes in a huge rush to roll the credits. I don't know why. Most films are doing everything they can to stretch themselves out to at least the 90 minute mark. The end result is a very unsatisfying conclusion. There was potential in this one but sadly it will end up a missed opportunity. 6/10.