Thematically rich, but it felt flat to me. It’s so interested in excavating genre and theme that it forgets to be interesting, giving enough context for its supposed thrills only an hour and a half in to this nearly-three-hour ride.
The backstory comes way too late for my taste. As a thriller, this utterly fails to thrill. As a genre piece, it does so many interesting things, but there’s no easy way to recommend it to anybody who seeks even slight entertainment.
It’s a shame because I would have been into this if it were paced quicker, with more tension. Unfortunately, it lost me early on, and I find myself wondering what everybody else sees in this.