Reviews

… a big-screen showcase of everything that makes the core series so joyfully watchable.

… every narrative choice is banal and predictable by the genre and the filmmaker’s standards.

... a gritty, impactful and profoundly influential Hong Kong action thriller that deserves its place in the pantheon of classics. Brimming with stellar extras and housed in a gorgeous package,

...a damn fine piece of cinema indeed.

… like skimming the Michael Jackson wikipedia page at a Michael Jackson karaoke night.

… a beautiful love letter written with immense care and adoration.

Gael Garcia Bernal is a revelation …

When it stops fighting you and making you engage with its jaw-droppingly bad UI, there’s a pretty compelling adventure here.

… an effective, classic spookshow that is very likely to crawl under your skin …

… emotional stunner.

… those who suckled on the cathode ray teat three decades ago, and want to try to recapture that buzzy feeling, may want to log in.

Carmen Maura is simply magnificent. She balances humour, mischief and quiet melancholy with effortless charm. It’s a pure delight to watch her as she navigates loss, rebellion, and even a

What lingers most is not the political backdrop or even the narrative itself, but the texture of memory: the heat of the city, the noise of the streets, the quiet

… a stylish and stripped-down heist caper …

… a pleasing genre throwback with deft direction, a superb cast and enough crazy cannibals with filed teeth to offer a highly enjoyable, lazy afternoon’s viewing.

… intensely effective …

...a charmer with a foul mouth and a big heart situated in exactly the right place.

For a certain type of human being (aka stoned and/or drunk ratbags), Fuck My Son! will be endlessly entertaining. For everyone else, this will be yet another nihilistic nasty, grinning

This is bold filmmaking, as much for what it does not try to do as for what it does.

Fans of the original, and killer fauna flicks in general, will almost certainly find something tasty to gnaw on.