Netflix has just released an original and stylized thriller that blends horror and science fiction that you won’t want to miss. This is a film that has created a sensation at various festivals in the United States, such as Sundance and SXSW, and is worth watching now that it is available on the platform.
Do you want to participate in this game?
You’ll have to remember the name of Greg Jardine, director of Netflix trailers, clips and shorts, because his first feature is worth a detour. For fans of slashers, twist films, futuristic trends and fascinating thrillers, his first work, called Inner Game, deserves your attention.
The field is already promising: “A pre-wedding party turns into a nightmare when a friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase”. The cast is filled with such young talent as: Brittany Ann O’Grady (White Lotus), James Morosin (College Girls Sex Live), Gavin Leatherwood (The New Adventures of Sabrina), Alicia Debnam-Carey (Fear). The Walking Dead), Devon Terrell (Barry), David W. Thompson (Panic), Madison Davenport (Sharp Objects), Nina Bloomgarden (The Idea of Being With You) and Rayna Hardest (The Flash).
This hilarious actress plays a group of high school friends who get together for a bridal shower. Everyone has moved on, and Ruben’s wedding is an opportunity to reunite and make up for lost time.
In the middle of the evening, an unexpected visitor, who happens to be their long-lost comrade, arrives with a suitcase containing a mysterious machine that allows people to change bodies. The new arrival then challenges the rest of the gang to participate in a twisted game: swap bodies and minds and try to guess who is who.
What matters is what we are inside
If the game is exciting enough at the beginning, it quickly turns into an existential nightmare as tempers quickly heat up. By exchanging body envelopes, the friends discover hidden truths, suppressed desires, and old grudges.
If the French title directly refers to the playful and comic side of the feature film, the original title “It’s What’s Inside” echoes the theme of the body of the exchange, but above all that what is important is what is inside.
Because the body envelope only serves as a mask for the true selves that truly reveal themselves when they think they are unstoppable. In addition to a brilliant and original plot that questions its audience and is based on numerous twists and turns, Inner Game is also worth the mirror performance of its actors and the pop, vintage aesthetic and its controlled and rhythmic staging.
The movie “The Inside Game” is available on Netflix.
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