ENTER THE VOID -- Gaspar Noé, dir

©2009
studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
production company: Fidélité Films, Wild Bunch, BUF
director: Gaspar Noé
cast: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn
screenplay: Gaspar Noé, Lucile Hadzihalilovic

A drug-dealing teen is killed in Japan, after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister.

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This film is a real head trip.  Psychedelic colors and morphing photography really add to the weirdness of this film.

It took me awhile to get into this film (which maybe runs a bit too long) and at times the colors become too much on the eyes, but once I caught on to the concept of the film, I was really intrigued.

The photography is fantastic and, to me, unique.  The repetition of scenes seems appropriate for the story and builds on itself just enough.

There still managed to be some boredom, and I didn't really care for the characters (although seeing them as children and the incident that sent them to where they were helped soften my feelings toward them), which makes it hard to enjoy a film.  And at times, the flashing colors were incredibly distracting.

Still...it was unique and interesting enough to keep me watching.

I rate it a 3 of 5.