

The quiet life of devoted couple Red (Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas) and Mandy (Andrea Riseborough, Birdman) takes a dark and bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader (Linus Roache, “Vikings”) seek to possess Mandy…body and soul. A shocking assault on the innocent pair leads to a spiraling, surreal, bloody rampage of all out, mind-altering vengeance. “Certainly not for the faint of heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), Mandy is “a primal, psychedelic rage-scream of a movie” (Slash Film). Review: A Trippy, LSD-soaked Nightmare of Color - I'm a longtime fan of Nicolas Cage. As far as hard-working, devoted actors go, he is certainly one of the better ones Hollywood has given us. Sadly he's done more than a few crappy films in recent years, but I believe that with some of the work he has been doing lately, he's on the verge of a massive comeback (I highly recommend "Joe" if you haven't seen it). Now here comes Mandy, an insanely compelling movie that gives Cage a chance to really shine; don't watch this movie under the influence, people, you're bound to get messed up if you do. Anyway, this film is epic in all the right ways. Taking place in the Shadow Mountains of California in 1983, Cage plays Red Miller, a logger who lives a peaceful life with his wife, the titular Mandy (played fantastically by Andrea Riseborough, super underrated actress). Unfortunately, Mandy catches the eye of a Charles Manson-esque cult leader and Red is soon pulled into a nightmare beyond his wildest imaginings; he sets out to take revenge on this messed up cult and their otherworldly henchmen. This film is a crazy violent visual orgy that will have your jaw dropping more than once. While the performances are all uniformly great, the real draw to this movie will be the visuals; a symphony of vivid colors and nightmarish landscapes will be a constant here. Director Panos Cosmatos stated that a major influence in crafting this film was the heavy metal albums of his youth, and you can definitely feel that in the art direction. You may come to this movie for the talent, but you'll stay for the crazy awesome visuals. If there's anything disappointing here, it's not with the film proper, but with the extras on the disc. You get deleted/extended scenes and you get to hear from the director and some of the producers (including Elijah Wood, strangely enough) but I personally would have liked to see more intimate interviews with some of the cast and the director. It's not a major gripe, but I always like to hear from as many people possible how a movie was crafted, especially if I happen to really like the movie. Anyway, this was a fantastic film that I believe will be remembered as a cult classic. Strong performances from some genuinely talented actors, an over-the-top story featuring bad drug trips, demonic bikers and hippie cultists and a ton of visual insanity that will have you thinking long after the credits roll; it's got everything. Go watch this movie, it deserves to be seen. Review: Trippy - Trippy visuals, violence and Nicholas Cage! How could things be better? Great movie
| ASIN | B084QKY7VY |
| Actors | Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, Nicolas Cage, Olwen Fouere |
| Best Sellers Rank | #79,545 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #3,400 in Horror (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,990) |
| Director | Panos Cosmatos |
| Item model number | BR12768 |
| MPAA rating | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format | NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.57 ounces |
| Release date | May 19, 2020 |
| Run time | 2 hours and 1 minute |
| Studio | Image Entertainment |
J**S
A Trippy, LSD-soaked Nightmare of Color
I'm a longtime fan of Nicolas Cage. As far as hard-working, devoted actors go, he is certainly one of the better ones Hollywood has given us. Sadly he's done more than a few crappy films in recent years, but I believe that with some of the work he has been doing lately, he's on the verge of a massive comeback (I highly recommend "Joe" if you haven't seen it). Now here comes Mandy, an insanely compelling movie that gives Cage a chance to really shine; don't watch this movie under the influence, people, you're bound to get messed up if you do. Anyway, this film is epic in all the right ways. Taking place in the Shadow Mountains of California in 1983, Cage plays Red Miller, a logger who lives a peaceful life with his wife, the titular Mandy (played fantastically by Andrea Riseborough, super underrated actress). Unfortunately, Mandy catches the eye of a Charles Manson-esque cult leader and Red is soon pulled into a nightmare beyond his wildest imaginings; he sets out to take revenge on this messed up cult and their otherworldly henchmen. This film is a crazy violent visual orgy that will have your jaw dropping more than once. While the performances are all uniformly great, the real draw to this movie will be the visuals; a symphony of vivid colors and nightmarish landscapes will be a constant here. Director Panos Cosmatos stated that a major influence in crafting this film was the heavy metal albums of his youth, and you can definitely feel that in the art direction. You may come to this movie for the talent, but you'll stay for the crazy awesome visuals. If there's anything disappointing here, it's not with the film proper, but with the extras on the disc. You get deleted/extended scenes and you get to hear from the director and some of the producers (including Elijah Wood, strangely enough) but I personally would have liked to see more intimate interviews with some of the cast and the director. It's not a major gripe, but I always like to hear from as many people possible how a movie was crafted, especially if I happen to really like the movie. Anyway, this was a fantastic film that I believe will be remembered as a cult classic. Strong performances from some genuinely talented actors, an over-the-top story featuring bad drug trips, demonic bikers and hippie cultists and a ton of visual insanity that will have you thinking long after the credits roll; it's got everything. Go watch this movie, it deserves to be seen.
D**E
Trippy
Trippy visuals, violence and Nicholas Cage! How could things be better? Great movie
D**N
Awesome quality with cool bonuses
This has about 15 minutes of scenes cut out of the movie which really actually would have changed the way we perceive the main characters. This is a masterpiece of a movie in general, and seeing it in high quality only magnifies the brilliance of this underrated wonder about the power of true love and the redeeming qualities of the face of revenge. My take on the number 44 is that it's Douglas Adam's 42(the meaninglessness of existence aka GOD) plus the lovers(2). When added together life isn't meaningless anymore, thus the significance of the number 44.
M**S
Nic Cage's best film? Definitely his best movie in the last 20 years.
it is hypnotic, visually stunning, heart wrenching, brutal and bloody! It is not a movie for everyone. If you love cinema and art you will enjoy most of this movie. I will say that the last hour is great but some have said it took too long to get there. I disagree they built up the love story between two lost souls and then showed the selfishness and narcissism of the main antagonist. I loved the whole movie but as I said before some will love the last hour, others will love the first hour and some probably won't enjoy any of it as it is dark and violent and different then anything you have seen probably in the last decade.
D**O
Great movie experience, this is an artistic revenge movie
This is a strange movie, with a common story, what really shines here is the director and the way that he present the movie, the images and scenes are different and very artistic, the colour and focus is unique, Nic Cage is fine, but the direction is what really makes a difference. An artistic kind of vengeance and revenge movie. Completely worthy. Spanish subtitles is included.
J**N
Perfectly Tows The Line Between Trippy And Campy
I watched no previews and read no reviews before going to see this in theaters and thus had no idea what I was in for. It seems people either love or hate this movie; I fall into the former category. I think it’s the perfect blend of dark, surreal and campy. It has a uniquely psychedelic atmosphere to it in the first half, that takes a “Heavy Metal meets Evil Dead meets Hellraiser” turn in the second. I have no idea how anyone finds this movie boring. And I can’t help but wonder how many reviewers aren’t watching it on a system that does the soundtrack and visual effects justice. Speaking of which, I’m giving this 4 stars instead of 5 solely because of the lack of a 4K version. Of all the movies that belong on the 4K format, this is definitely one of them. I think people have a tendency to call anything that doesn’t hold their hand the whole time, or lingers in atmosphere “pretentious,” because we’ve fostered a smartphone-driven culture of low attention spans and a desire for instant gratification. I don’t think people let themselves get immersed in things in the same way they used to, unless it’s an online battle royale game or whatever. Maybe that’s just me, but the complaints I read about movies like this just sound like plebs who don’t appreciate atmosphere. Anyone who has played Silent Hill will appreciate the way the climactic soundtrack and haunting visuals are paired in the first half, and the campiness of movies like Evil Dead is executed in the second half. I mean, or not, I guess. Just seems like everybody hates everything anymore.
B**B
It’s his weird films that are the classics!
All of Nicholas Cage “obscure” films have been great! I’m going down a rabbit hole for sure thanks to Amazon but it’s well worth it!
J**L
Awesome. A real Mind-Blower
A fantastical and exhilarating movie. Amazing camerawork, lighting and music. Nicholas Cage pulled out all the stops and dived, head-first off the cliff. Constant strange little details that linger in your mind. I have my own theory about what's actually happening in the movie, but I would fully accept it if Panos Cosmatos were to categorially state that the whole thing was just a fever dream of his own twisted mind. A few uncomfortably evil scenes, but if mind-blowing movies are your cup of tea, set aside some time for Mandy.
2**E
- - - - - - - - - - Handlung - - - - - - - - - - Holzfäller Red Miller (Nicolas Cage, "Pakt der Rache", "Drive Angry") lebt mit seiner Freundin Mandy (Andrea Riseborough, "Birdman", "Nocturnal Animals") in den abgeschiedenen Wäldern der Shadow Mountains. Eines Tages kreuzen fanatische Sektenmitglieder und deren Anführer (Linus Roache, "Riddick: Chroniken eines Kriegers", TV-Serie "Vikings") ihren Weg und das von Blut durchtränkte Unheil nimmt seinen Lauf. - - - - - - - - - - Kritik - - - - - - - - - - Was für ein abgehobenes und skurriles Meisterwerk! Jenseits des strickt an Verkaufszahlen orientierten Mainstreams existiert er noch, der besondere, eigenwillige und kunstvolle Genre-Film. Umstrittene Regisseure wie beispielsweise die etwas bekannteren Nikolas Winding Refn ("The Neon Demon", "Only God Forgives") oder der unter Filmemachern als 'Enfant terrible' geltende Lars von Trier ("Antichrist", "The House That Jack Built") trauen sich glücklicherweise immer wieder, ausgetretene Pfade zu verlassen und experimentelle, mitunter provozierende Wege zu beschreiten. Die belgisch-amerikanische Co-Produktion "Mandy" stammt von dem 1974 in Italien geborenen, kanadischen Filmemacher Panos Cosmatos, dem Sohn des "Leviathan"- und "Tombstone"-Regisseurs George Pan Cosmatos ("Rambo II", "Die City-Cobra") und stellt nach "Beyond The Black Rainbow" seinen zweites, sehr ambitioniertes Werk dar. Das Ergebnis seiner Bemühungen ist extrem düster, steckt voll mit Abtrünnigem und dürfte in seiner geradezu wahnwitzigen Umsetzung beim Publikum für manch Erstaunen sorgen. Einfache Kost ist es jedenfalls nicht, was der Zuschauer hier über eine Gesamtlaufzeit von rund 110 Minuten serviert bekommt. Überaus bizarre Gestalten treffen auf eine haltlos überstilisierte Bildsprache im 2.40:1-Seitenverhältnis, die sich in Anlehnung an Ben Wheatley ("Kill List", "High Rise") nicht nur vor Refn oder den Spätwerken von Paul Schrader ("Dog Eat Dog") verneigt, sondern auch eine Reminiszenz an die frühen Arbeiten von Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "Eaten Alive") darstellt. Cosmatos greift tief in die Wunderkiste der psychodelisch-extrovertierten 70er- und 80er-Jahre-Horrorfilme und lässt sich bei der Umsetzung seiner Arbeiten von Clive Barker (Regie bei "Hellraiser" und "Lord of Illusions") und Dario Argento ("Suspiria") inspirieren - angereichert mit einer leichten Prise Cronenberg ("Die Fliege", "A History of Violence") und Lynch ("Lost Highway", "Mulholland Drive"). Kein Zweifel, der Regisseur hat in der Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kinematographen Benjamin Loeb ("King Cobra", "Hello Destroyer"), dem Produktions-Designer Hubert Pouille ("The Exception") und der Set-Dekorateurin Ilse Willocx ("Inside WikiLeaks") trotz des eingeschränkten Budgets von 'lediglich' sechs Millionen US-Dollar ein optisch herausragend gestaltetes Werk kreiert. Die eingestreuten monochromen Sequenzen, das teilweise nachträglich gekörnte Bild und so manch wahrhaft durchdringende Rotfärbung - und davon existieren einige - dürften dem einen oder anderen Betrachter zwar eventuell zuviel des Guten sein, wirken in ihrer Intensität jedoch noch lange nach. Die Produktion des visuell und inhaltlich ziemlich abgehoben zu bewertenden Fantasy-Horrorfilms übernahm neben Nate Bolotin - der sich bekanntermaßen mit Vorliebe an Filmen beteiligt, die in Bezug auf heftige Schauwerte als nicht gerade 'zimperlich' gelten ("Brawl in Cell Block 99", "BuyBust" oder "The Raid") - unter anderem Elijah Wood, über die von ihm mitgegründete Produktionsfirma 'Spectrevision'. Für die gelungenen, zumeist von Hand gefertigten Spezialeffekte war vordergründig Eric De Wulf ("Die Logan Verschwörung", "I Kill Giants") verantwortlich. Unter den viel beschäftigten Special-Makeup-Artisten befanden sich unter anderem Jacques-Olivier Molon und Daphnee Beaulieux, die Horrorfilm-Fans bereits durch ihre Mitarbeit bei "Inside" das Fürchten gelehrt haben. Die teilweise recht schrillen Kostüme entwarf Alice Eyssartier ("Die Macht des Bösen"). Die visuellen Effekte steuerte das Unternehmen 'Umedia VFX' ("Hostile", "I Kill Giants") bei, ein Seitenarm des Mutter-Konzerns, der internationalen Film-Gruppe 'Umedia' ("John Wick", "Oliver Twist"). Der erstklassige Filmschnitt ist Brett W. Bachman ("Camino", "Cooties") zu verdanken. Das an für sich simpel gestrickte Drehbuch, das durch die opulente Optik des Films wesentlich komplexer erscheint, als es tatsächlich ist, hat der Regisseur gemeinsam mit Newcomer Aaron Stewart-Ahn verfasst. Während der atmosphärische Soundtrack des mehrfach ausgezeichneten und Anfang 2018 an einer Überdosis Kokain verstorbenen Komponisten Jóhann Jóhannsson ("Sicario", "Prisoners", "Arrival"/2016) ebenso, wie die Sound-Effekte gut gelungen sind, vermittelt die Synchronisation ein gewisses B-Movie-Flair, allerdings ohne gänzlich misslungen zu sein. Die Figuren wurden zwar nicht vollständig optimal passend besetzt, aber letztendlich handelt es sich bei "Mandy" zu großen Teilen eh um ein Parade-Stück für Nicolas Cage, dem man bei allem Overacting-Gebaren zugute halten muss, dass er nach wie vor ein sehr charismatischer und überzeugender Schauspieler sein kann. - - - - - - - - - - Fazit - - - - - - - - - - "Mandy" ist trashig, schrullig und kontrovers. Der surreale, mystisch angehauchte Film wendet sich in farbdurchtränkter Retro-Optik konsequent von jeglichem Mainstream-Kompromiss ab und lotet sowohl moderne, als auch althergebrachte Stilmittel auf ziemlich groteske Art und Weise neu aus. Der eigenwillige und abstruse Horrorfilm biedert sich dabei an keiner Stelle an und will dem Zuschauer nicht zwangsweise gefallen, sondern verlangt vielmehr die Bereitschaft, sich von festgefahrenen Erwartungen zu lösen, um sich einer mitunter neuen und befremdlichen Anschauung zu öffnen. Was jedoch für manche Genre- oder Nicolas-Cage-Fans eine filmische Offenbarung darstellen könnte, dürfte für andere eine Zumutung repräsentieren. "Mandy" ist ein schwieriger, aber eben auch mutiger Film. Sammler mit einem Faible für besondere cineastische Impressionen sollten sich dieses harte und bizarre Revenge-Fantasy-Gemetzel nicht entgehen lassen, unentschlossene Gelegenheitskonsumenten finden hingegen definitiv leichter zu Verstehendes. "Mandy" ist ein wie ein zerstörerischer Rausch, ein irrwitziger Trip - allerdings kein temporeicher Action-Film. Wer mit weniger konventionellen Arbeiten wie beispielsweise "The Neon Demon" oder "High-Rise" etwas anzufangen weiß, könnte eventuell auch mit dieser, anarchisch-nihilistisch anmutenden Produktion seinen Spaß haben und dabei an so manche - nachvollziehbare - geschmackliche Grenze stoßen. Die Altersfreigabe ab 18 Jahren ist in jedem Fall gerechtfertigt. Einige Sequenzen bewegen sich für den einen oder anderen Zuschauer im Hinblick auf die gezeigten Brutalitäten vermutlich am Rande des Zumutbaren.
S**M
Vous aimez Nicolas Cage quand il craque au niveau jeu d’acteur? Vous aimez les trips artistiques glauques et psychédéliques ? Vous aimez les films violents? Ce film est un vrai bijou. Nick Cage au top de la folie (c’est quand même un « acteur » à part)
D**O
La foto de referencia de Amazon no se corresponde correctamente al de esta edición limitada del Reino Unido editada por Dazzler en 2017. Está edición limitada incluye caja rígida exterior de cartón, libreto de 40 páginas y poster a una sola cara. Audio: inglés 2.0 PCM y 5.1 DTS-HD Opción de subtítulos inglés Extras: - Detrás de las cámaras: 22:02 min - Escenas extendidas y eliminadas: 13:54 min - One shots: 03:46 min
C**N
bonne condition shipping rapide et bon film tout es cool
M**S
Region A blu-ray. Skulle varit bra att veta innan jag beställde.