Comments: If Nic Cage thinks this "might be the wildest film he's ever made" he never saw Mandy.
The Good: Sono has reached the level of Christopher Guest in that every single player in his cast, down to the barely visible extras, knows they are in a Sono film and act accordingly. So the film is full of only-in-a-Sono-film moments (but you may need to be a Sono Cultist to appreciate them all).
The colors, the framing, the lighting. All Sono, all there.
The Bad: Sono didn't script it. Nothing happens. The story is lame. The violence--if you can even call it that--is hugely stupid and boring.
The best moment in the film is an outtake. After Yasujiro kicks Cage in the ball (he has only one left), Cage breaks character and says "fuuuuck", like it really hurt; camera pulls back and Yasujiro puts his hands on his knees to catch his breath. I don't know what was going on there but it was funny and odd.
I believe Sono makes a cameo as the man who says "I'm not vermin. I'm a man. Man right here"
For me this is better than the self scripted error films Sono makes because I didn't hate this the way I hate his error films. It's not completely terrible but it's certainly forgettable
Summary: The film centers on notorious criminal Hero who is sent to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence.
