I don't know why I give Almodovar literally all the leeway to mess around with the most sensitive issues using his entire bag of shocks, melodrama, and contrivances. But I sure do! Everything is done with such skill while also being so explicit and fucked up. It dives head first into gender and body issues and does this with a lot of psychological and body horror?!? No one could describe this as tasteful, except for the unreal furnishings in Banderas'…

So many things work here and I'm always hopelessly on board with a cyberpunk aesthetic. So much can rightly be said about the cool visuals - feels like half the scenes have 200 extras, each one doing something unique and interesting - but the script is terrific, gripping noir that doesn't ignore plotting in its exploration of a near-future sci-fi world where the chaos of the kink-friendly club is a respite from the constant rioting happening on the streets.

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