Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
Dario Argento
Director
Michael Brandon
Roberto Tobias
Mimsy Farmer
Nina Tobias
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Gianni Arrosio
Aldo Bufi Landi
Pathologist
Calisto Calisti
Carlo Marosi
Marisa Fabbri
Amelia, the Maid
Oreste Lionello
The Professor
Fabrizio Moroni
Mirko
Corrado Olmi
Porter
Stefano Satta Flores
Andrea
Laura Troschel
Maria
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
Netflix’s new mystery thriller, The Marked Woman (released originally as La Desconocida), is confusing. More critically, though, it commits the worst mistake a movie can make: it’s boring. From Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez, the film squanders its premise at every turn, fills the story with unlikeable characters, and lacks emotional payoff.
With the theme of unemployment, it presents a family fantasy anecdote rather the a comment on social problems.
Yes, "Nope" is definitely about the modern obsession with turning tragedy and horror into a spectacle for people’s enjoyment. But it's also about the power of looking, who has the right to look, and what happens to those who are looked upon.
A short film that begins with the language of romance but slowly reveals something far more unsettling beneath the surface.