Would make a great companion piece to Vallhalla Rising. Like Rising it's more of a mood film than narrative driven. This is his most Lynchian film by far.

Once I turned to IMDB to clarify a bit of confusion, I fully felt the brilliance of this film smack me in the face. Amazing.

Bless you, Refn.

Who doesn’t love John Turturro? He doesn’t get lead roles often, but when he does he’s great (see also: Brain Donors).

FEAR X, though is all Turturro. It’s a lot of Director, Nicolas Winding Refn too, but he gives Turturro free reign to run the film.

It’s a creepy little flick. It’s about a mall security guard who is obsessed with finding out who shot and killed his wife. He spends his nights at home, alone, watching footage from mall security cameras, searching for clues. Eventually he’s given a name, which leads him down a rabbit hole to the truth about the murder.

This movie is all atmosphere. There’s not much action. There’s not even a lot of emotion, but it’s filled with uneasy tension. You know something’s not right. You just don’t know what. It reminded me a lot of Memento or Cache.

The ending is super ambiguous, but for a movie like this, it works really well.

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With 'Drive' my film of 2011 I watched this as part of my plan to catch up with director Refn's back catalogue. The trailer indicated this to be a strange, mysterious David Lynch-like thriller and that's exactly how it played out. However, unlike David Lynch's more head scratching work which takes you on a twisted, wild journey leaving you feeling puzzled but eager to learn more, here I was left feeling underwhelmed and it all felt rather empty and pedestrian along the way. In fact a lot like John Turturro's character's life. Sadly no classic from Mr. Refn this time.

Utterly mindfuck with astonishing visuals, you will read Lynch a lot in other reviews around here but I will say Jennifer more than David.
Great movie, slow pace and a lot of answers to figure out or search trough the interweb

49/C+

Once I turned to IMDB to clarify a bit of confusion, I fully felt the brilliance of this film smack me in the face. Amazing.

Bless you, Refn.

With 'Drive' my film of 2011 I watched this as part of my plan to catch up with director Refn's back catalogue. The trailer indicated this to be a strange, mysterious David Lynch-like thriller and that's exactly how it played out. However, unlike David Lynch's more head scratching work which takes you on a twisted, wild journey leaving you feeling puzzled but eager to learn more, here I was left feeling underwhelmed and it all felt rather empty and pedestrian along the way. In fact a lot like John Turturro's character's life. Sadly no classic from Mr. Refn this time.

Who doesn’t love John Turturro? He doesn’t get lead roles often, but when he does he’s great (see also: Brain Donors).

FEAR X, though is all Turturro. It’s a lot of Director, Nicolas Winding Refn too, but he gives Turturro free reign to run the film.

It’s a creepy little flick. It’s about a mall security guard who is obsessed with finding out who shot and killed his wife. He spends his nights at home, alone, watching footage from mall security cameras, searching for clues. Eventually he’s given a name, which leads him down a rabbit hole to the truth about the murder.

This movie is all atmosphere. There’s not much action. There’s not even a lot of emotion, but it’s filled with uneasy tension. You know something’s not right. You just don’t know what. It reminded me a lot of Memento or Cache.

The ending is super ambiguous, but for a movie like this, it works really well.

godspeedhotfire.tumblr.com/post/12503569083/who-doesnt-love-john-turturro-he-doesnt-get

When Refn sticks to macabre fear and tense suspicions he really seems to be the best director out there. Tuturro wandering in and out of his own obsession is far away some of the best cinema I've seen as of late. When dramatic dialogue is utilized though it shows how far he has to go.

Turturro is great in this Lynch-esque thriller. Can't believe I never heard of it. It does have it flaws and questionable plot turns but was a plesso surpriso.

Utterly mindfuck with astonishing visuals, you will read Lynch a lot in other reviews around here but I will say Jennifer more than David.
Great movie, slow pace and a lot of answers to figure out or search trough the interweb

Interesting film. Visual fantastic as is all of Refn's work I have seen so far and the pacing is great in setting a very precise mood. John Turturro and for that matter all of the cast is pretty great in this. That all being said it's not hard to see why this movie flopped. I barely could make out what was really going on in this film and I'm still confused by the ending. Not your typical thriller but nothing ever is when you're watching a NWR film.