The name of the film is easily reminiscent of the kind of evil/cult works dominated by "violent aesthetics", but in fact it is a realistic social critical drama. This new director's contrast treatment of the subject matter is a little bit beyond me. Unexpected. The first half pays great attention to the audiovisual style: slow motion, split screen, voice-over and other techniques seem to bring some freshness to this superficial American youth theme, but it is too much like "Spring Break" by Harmony Korine. Exposed too obvious traces of MV. The director is too obsessed with creating an atmosphere with popular music and neglecting the advancement of narrative.
The director’s method of exposing real problems hides the layout of suspenseful genres, which is quite commendable. However, the focus of the second half of the script discussion has shifted from "Internet hackers invading personal privacy" to "slut humiliation", which seems to avoid the more important things, or It was the suspicion of catching up with the "Rice Rabbit" craze that turned the climax of the massacre in the last scene into a comic-style violent catharsis. The serious tone created by the whole film collapsed in an instant, and even though it reluctantly returned to the topic of "Internet hackers" in the end, it appeared extremely weak and frivolous. It's sighing to waste this excellent subject of reality criticism.
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