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| Review: Possessor Movie 2020 |
Review: Possessor Movie 2020. Eight years after releasing his first feature movie, Antivirus (2012), Brandon Cronenberg is back with his latest directing movie, Possessor.
Review: Possessor Movie 2020, Synopsis
With a story script that he also worked on himself, Possessor focuses his story on the figure of a Assassins named Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough).
Unlike ordinary assassins, Tasya Vos works at a company that has the ability to implant an implant into a person's brain so that the person's behavior can be controlled by the assassin who has been assigned and then kills a predetermined target before killing himself.
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| Review: Possessor Movie 2020 |
Tasya Vos is one of the trusted assassins who is the company's mainstay. However, her new task is to control the body and brain of a man named Colin Tate (Christopher Abbott) with the aim of killing a famous tycoon named John Parse (Sean Bean) who turns out to be challenging and dangerous for Tasya Vos and the people around her.
Movie Reviews
Like in the Antiviral movie – and the inspiration that may have been passed down by his father, David Cronenberg, Possessor's storytelling elements are thick with elements of technology and body horror which contain scenes of horror nuanced by violence against various parts of the human body.
From the very first seconds of Possessor's journey from his story, the movie loudly displays the scene of blood flowing after a woman stabs a sharp needle into her skull. Sounds terrible? Cronenberg even continues and adds to the intensity of the movies storyline with various other more heartbreaking bloody scenes.
It must be admitted, at first glance, Cronenberg seems very eager to present Possessor as a venue to show off his ability to work on scenes with brutal nuances.
Cronenberg never shifts his focus from the conflicts and characters that trigger these scenes and never once tries to provide a deeper setting or exploration of the story.
At the same time, Cronenberg's ability to realize his vision of body horror gives character and conflict in the storyline its own strength.
The conflict created between the brain (and body) of the characters of Tasya Vos and Colin Tate can be explored in its entirety. You'll see later when you watch it about how Cronenberg describes the moment when the "soul" of the character of Tasya Vos tries to fight back when the "soul" of the character of Colin Tate tries to reclaim control of his body.
With trippy visual choices – from the depiction of the faces of the two main characters blending together to trying to separate themselves from each other to the use of bright colors in crucial scenes – and background music created by Jim Walliams, Cronenberg is a hit. creates a thick atmosphere of horror.
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Possessor also does not only focus on the appearance of the quality of its production. Although none of the characters in the storyline of this movie are described as worthy of sympathy, Cronenberg still provides personal space for Colin Tate's character and especially the character of Tasya Vos who is able to form emotional attachments.
The acting department of this Possessor movie also appears in a satisfactory capacity in exploring each character they play.
Riseborough makes her character depicted in the phase of losing her identity look depressing – while drawing every viewer into this dark area.
Likewise with Abbott who gives a convincing appearance of someone who is trying to reclaim his identity.
The support of acting performances from Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Rossif Sutherland also adds to the solid quality of Possessor's overall storytelling.
Closing
Despite presenting the movie in a relatively fast storytelling rhythm, Cronenberg was never in a hurry to bring Possessor's story.
Conflicts and characters develop carefully along with the slowly creeping horror elements that emerge from various explorations of body horror that Cronenberg doesn't hesitate to showcase in many parts of the movie. It will not be easy to escape from the brain of every eye who witnessed it.
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