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While I do know that this is technically a satire of the horror genre, it's just not the funny kind of satire...

You might think "hm, that was clever" a couple of times during the film, but except for calling out 30+ year old tropes and references from the same time period, the movie doesn't have much to offer. Most of the scenes are very predictable, and of the group I watched it with no one laughed once.

The whole stereotype twist is original, but get's tired after about the 2nd joke. I'd still always pick Cabin in the Woods instead, from one of the most underrated directors of our time!

Slow but meticulous, this movie is one of those beautiful cinema experiences where you know you are watching art unfolding, while still being entertained. Although it's not the lightest movie out there and might be a bit tough for some, it's dripping with beauty and welcomes rewatches.

While the cinematographic beauty or the great score are nothing we haven't learned to expect from Villeneuve, what really stands out here is the incredibly well made and tense action sequences.

Villeneuve takes a story that could easily have been borrowed from a cheap action flick and makes a cinematic masterpiece out of it, a meticulously paced tense slow burner, showing us the face of the drug war more up close and personal than the photography would have you expect.