"Millicent Barnes, age twenty-five, young woman waiting for a bus on a rainy November night. Not a very imaginative type is Miss Barnes: not given to undue anxiety, or fears, or for that matter even the most temporal flights of fantasy. Like most young career women, she has a generic classification as a, quote, girl with a head on her shoulders, end of quote. All of which is mentioned now because, in just a moment, the head on Miss Barnes' shoulders will be put to a test. Circumstances will assault her sense of reality and a chain of nightmares will put her sanity on a block. Millicent Barnes, who, in one minute, will wonder if she's going mad."
EP 21, MIRROR IMAGE, THE TWILIGHT ZONE
I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit this, but for a while I wouldn’t anything that wasn’t in English. Now a days most of the movies that are in my top 10 are foreign films, and this movie is no exception.
The first thing about this movie that made me want to watch it was its poster. At first glance, I would have guessed this was a forgotten 60s B movie, is I was surprised to learn that this movie was from 2016. Even the short description for this movie is right out of the twilight zone. On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon. It’s a perfectly vague set up that I have curious to see play out for a long time now, so let’s dive into this Spanish sci-fi masterpiece.
Almost instantly I fell in love with this movie production design. The black and white opening does one hell of a job establishing atmosphere, and the entire movie has the same feeling that all of the best twilight zone episodes do. i love how the bus station feels a lot larger than it should, the checker board floor, and all of the small details this movie uses to make this movie feel believable. its nice to know there are a few people left who know how to film in black and white.
as for the actual plot of this movie, its sort of difficult to talk about. the first half of this movie is spent trying to figure out exactly what the hell is happening. everyone is suspicious of everyone, and everyone has there own theory as to who or what is causing this. they could easily spend the whole movie trying to solve the mystery, but we get all the answers we need just about halfway through the movie. and as soon as we get why this is happening, the movie changes gear from mystery and suspense to... well I'm not sure exactly, but its easily one of the most unique movies I have seen in along time.
in short, this movie is awesome.
10/10
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