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Full Metal Panic
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/16/2022
If David Cronenberg, David Lynch and Shin'ya Tsukamoto were thrown into a blender - Julia Ducournau's second feature, Titane, is what would come out. Despite the influences, Titane is a film unlike anything else out there - Agathe Rousselle plays Alexia, a car model/serial killer who goes on the run after some gruesome murders and almost being discovered and proceeds to pretend to be the long-lost son of fireman Vincent (Vincent Lindon - in fine form as well). Oh, and she's also been impregnated by a car and must work to bound herself to hide her rapidly expanding pregnancy. And, yes, it kind of is insane as it sounds but still works.
The greatest strength in Titane is not the body horror or killings but rather the relationship between Vincent and his "son". It is obvious …
