Damn fellas, Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers) has still got it. This creepy sexy thriller about a woman
(Isabelle Huppert (Heaven’s Gate))
who launches a solo investigation to find the identity of the man who raped her
one afternoon is prime Verhoeven material (and even has some stink of Joe
Eszterhas (Jade, Showgirls) but he
wasn’t involved at all).
Huppert is so strong in the lead as a confident successful
owner of a video game company. She
refuses to let this agonizing incident ruin her life by attempting to carry on
as normal. But her attacker keeps
sending her dirty messages, masturbating in her house while she’s not there and
even goes for another rape. She has to
figure out who this monster is and stop him.
What adds to the strange atmosphere of the film is that we
find out our protagonist’s father was a murderer who killed many children in
their neighborhood. He’s been locked away
in prison for a long time but the past is frequently dragged back to the
surface with people giving Huppert dirty looks and throwing garbage on
her. So she doesn’t know if the rape is
part of this national hatred towards her family or if it’s completely
unrelated.
There’s a lot of weird ass psychological shit to dig into as
per usual with Verhoeven. And of course
he knows how to build suspense and create nervous knee tension. You’re still the fuckin’ man Paul. Keep on keepin’ on.
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