Just perfect...

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Bored as hell No sense at all. The story is boring, the movie is slow and it is badly acted. Do not waste two hours of your life watching this crap.It is incredible that today someone continue to spend money on making trunks like this. Totally meaningless.

I don't think we really praise and hold up high celebrities these days as we used to, but this guy thinks we will in the future. Even if it kills us.What a strange little marvel Director/Writer Brandon Cronenberg created here. Apparently, in the future, people will PAY to get infected with terrible viruses the top elite celebrities acquired. Seriously, I don't ever see our society going this far and hopefully, we won't become this stupid. But, then again, Trump became President, so I guess anything's possible.The movie feels so small and yet built a complete and realistic future of genetic manipulations, disease sharing and black market cloning. Heck, also cannibalism from said cloning. I definitely praise the film for what felt like a low budget and making me truly believe this universe exists.The core of the story is this always sickly salesman/inside man who's selling his company's viruses in the worst possible way. Eventually, he bites off more than he can spew blood and the race is on, from all parties to find a cure.The movie feels both straight-forward and confusing at times, at least for me, and I dug that. Kept me engaged, albeit disappointed and grossed out at times. It's a hard watch, but enormously original and incredibly shot from beginning to end. Highly recommended for futuristic, sci-fi horror buffs.But not for the squeamish. Or people afraid of needles. Or the sight of blood. Or licking said blood up.***Final thoughts: Some people have foot-fetishes. Smelling of someone else's clothes for kicks. But, would you have yourself injected with an STD just to get closer to your obsession? God, I hope not. But watch here how people won't just demand it, but will pay top dollar for a celebrity's illness, to put it mildly. Maybe that's all part of the horror brilliance of this movie…how far to stretch the deepest part of the human desires. Well done, Brandon, son of David Cronenberg. You remembered the face of your father

This movie establishes David Cronenberg's son, Brandon Cronenberg, as a filmmaker to be on the lookout for, and one who (unsurprisingly) tackles similar subject matter as well. In this film, Caleb Landry Jones (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS) plays an employee of a clinic which sells viruses that have been in celebrities. This idea, which takes the commodification of celebrity to the extreme, is what's at the heart of the movie. The concept is fully explored, and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to showing the graphic implications of its premise. The only faults I find with it is that the social commentary tends to be rather on the head, and that the tone of the movie could have been a little more visceral. Still, it's a worthy feature debut and highly recommended for fans of "body horror."

Edward Porris reports to a clinic to get infected with the same disease that celebrity Hannah Geist has. Syd is his handler and the protagonist of the film. He reassures people to keep going with their stated choices.Syd is also a part of the celebrity meat market. Cells from celebrities are used to reproduce (in relatively large quantities) muscle tissue that is sold as steaks and the like. Arvid is his contact in the meat sales.Syd gets a new sample from Hannah Geist, and gives it to himself. He's knocked out for a while. When he wakes up, Hannah is dead, and Syd was one of the last people to see her alive. Arvid would like Syd to give him a sample of this, since Arvid could make a huge profit on it. Syd claims not to have any knowledge of what killed her.Everyone is up in arms about Hannah's passing, especially at the Lucas Clinic, the company where Syd works. Syd stays ill, and consults with Arvid, who takes him to Levine. Levine forcibly takes a sample of the Hannah Geist pathogens. Syd tries to escape, but he is way too weak. They dump him on the street later. Nice. Thugs from another group kidnap him. They take him to Dr. Abendroth, who has come from Germany to do an autopsy on Hannah. First, though, the doctor wishes to see what is happening with the living specimen, Syd.Doctor Abendroth tells him that the virus he has was designed to deflect diagnosis, but that he had gotten around the viruses protections. Hannah is still alive, but further along in the disease. They talk. Hannah's family has traced the disease back to Lucas Clinic, and hope that Syd will find out who at Lucas designed it. Syd has to retrace his steps, this time with an entirely different purpose.------Scores------Cinematography: 8/10 Bad in a few spots (jerky camera and the like), but mostly fine quality.Sound: 10/10 No problems.Acting: 8/10 Much better than I expected. Caleb Landry Jones and Malcolm McDowell were quite good.Screenplay: 8/10 Good story, well developed in the narration of deep corruption.