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(SPOILERS?) Prisoners of the Ghostland is what happens when someone grows up without hearing the word "no". That's not always a bad thing , all things considered, and some people are going to love this movie by Japanese director Sion Sono. I mean if it says "deliriously gonzo genre mash-up" in the header you're probably going to have to strap in for the thing in the first place.
I just keep thinking back to when Vince Neil punched that lady outside the airport or whatever and a drunken Nic Cage grabbed him tight and was crying, trying to calm him down. That's the Nicolas Cage movie I want to see. Instead we have this post-apocyliptic western sort of samurai vigilante via Mad Max radioactive thunderdome sort of Japanese revenge-adventure movie that tries to do all the things but still ends up feeling like an overproduced 1990s Mtv video. At the same time, I was never a big fan of Nicolas Cage. I did like that Mandy movie and Colour Out of Space, so I'm open to the idea, and the movie poster is ON FIRE.
Essentially, Prisoners of the Ghostland is a bit of a hot mess and I definitely should have eaten some mushrooms. There are moments of levity, like when Cage yells out “I’ll karate chop you! Hi-fucking-ya!” or when he gives a motivational speech and screams about his one remaining testicle. But if you're a film nihilist, this may be right up your disturbing alley as it's pretty to look at (most of the time), violent as hell and weirder than a 17 dollar bill. 7 testicle-detonators out of 10.
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