Lung II

This movie makes the refrigerator in Requiem For a Dream seem friendly and welcoming.

I have never had such a hard time with a film. I literally have no idea why I watched the entire thing. I know that there are likely worse things, but I think I found my limit here. It is atrocious and disturbing.

That said, as the other reviewer has pointed out, there is a certain artistic integrity evident in this production. The theme does not waver. It is hideous and discombobulating. It is rabid and repulsive. It is focused and driven and never stops being awful.

If Cronenberg, Lynch, Barker, and Throbbing Gristle conspired to make something without hope, something bleak and brutal, angry, confused, and desperate that almost no one could stand to watch, they could hardly have done any better.

Personally, I did not enjoy it, but I doubt it was meant to be enjoyed. In the end though, I found it difficult to escape from this wretched thing until it was done, and this says something for it - though I don't know what.