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Monstrous Disunion
UK 2020
produced by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell, Hill Burton (executive) for HB Films, Trash Arts
directed by Jackson Batchelor
starring Jessamie Waldon-Day, Martin W. Payne, Janette Evans, Alexandra Robertshaw, Ryan Carter, Connor Mellish, Simon Berry, Jackson Batchelor, Paul Jones, Emma Taylor, Max Pidgley, Thomas Lee Rutter (voice), James E. Taylor (voice), James Underwood (voice)
written by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell, music by Rusty Apper, cinematography by Sam Mason-Bell, pig masks by Monster FX
review by Mike Haberfelner
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2016, the day of the referendum about whether the UK is to stay in of
leave the European Union, family dinner at the suburban home of the Baker
family: Family members are deeply divided about the matter of Brexit,
while father Mark (Martin W. Payne) and son Pete (Connor Mellish) are
Brexiteers and mum Anne (Janette Evans) detests talking about politics,
student daughter Maddie (Jessamie Waldon-Day) is dead-set against leaving,
and she has brought two like-minded student friends, Jas (Alexandra
Robertshaw) and Mikey (Ryan Carter) with her. And at dinner table the
discussion soon escalates as neither side is willing to give any merit to
the arguments of the other, but neither side is willing to let the
discussion rest. This is only interrupted when the neighbour (Simon Berry)
is breaking into the back yard - and he has obviously turned into a pig
(literally). And according to news reports, people are turning into pigs
all over the country. For father Mark and son Pete it's clear who's to
blame - all those who voted for "remain", so soon enough that
leads to a situation even tenser than before within the house, and
eventually leads to Maddie and their student friends being locked away in
the spare room. But whatever it is that's turning people into pigs has
long snuck into the house and makes no distinction along political lines
... In the UK, the Brexit was of course a deeply divisive
topic, and thus also an excellent source for satire - and to blend satire
with a monster movie, especially one about homicidal pigs is of course a
stroke of genius. Now I have to admit, the movie does take a bit of time
to set things up and could have been edited a bit more dynamically in the
beginning, but once the action starts it's just wall-to-wall fun, with the
intentionally silly pig masks only mirroring that, while the film's
black-and-white photography's looking great throughout. And very grounded
performances keep things real, making this one fun piece of satirical
horror.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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