Okay, I admit it. This film will not get a lot of love. Too bad as there is so much to love about this one from France. For one...if you say to someone you watched a French movie, they will automatically think you intelligent. Second, the babe in it will be clad in a tight, form fitting space-babe suit through most of the film. Lastly, no matter how the first half of this film goes, there will be gore and a monster...or two. Today we look at 2020's "Meander," directed by Mathieu Turi.
The lovely Lisa (Gaia Weiss) wants to end it all. Not able to cope with the death of her little girl, she tries to throw herself in front of oncoming traffic. If things couldn't get worse, she is picked up by a homicidal maniac, Adam (Peter Franzen). He tries to murder her, then... Well, then what? Great question. She just wakes up in a claustrophobic chamber in the aforementioned jumpsuit. Even more confusing is there is a bulky bracelet on her that lights up and counts down from 11 minutes. She cannot get it off. The thing she is in seems to be controlled by an intelligent, though malignant force as it pushes her out of the chamber into a tunnel maze. Now she is forced to go forward and explore the tunnels. If she stops, the walls close in on her until she reached the next tunnel. Even worse, periodically, the tunnels fill with flammable gas and fill with fire.
Slowly, Lisa adapts to the dangers of this maze. Acid baths, toothy barbed wire, crushing walls, fire, and even water are her perils as she goes forth...but forth to what? Uh oh...remember the psycho Adam? He's in the tunnels too. Already burned over all his body, he is not human anymore, but a monster. He still wants to murder Lisa and he pursues her. Now, Lisa must not only figure out what is wanted of her, the mystery of the tunnels, but also outsmart Adam. If you saw "Cube" or "Crawl or Die," you will realize the inspiration for this film. Claustrophobic and squirm-inducing, the film will then branch out into a science fiction plot with some weird plot developments.
What are the backstories of Adam and Lisa? Just who or what abducted these two and are they now pawns in a twisted game? Is there escape for the Euro-babe in the tight jumpsuit? Many of you will not like where this movie eventually goes, but I say...Great, go for it! Bored with the DC or Marvel idiocy some call a universes, see a real movie that makes you think...and wince. Watch "Meander" today for a terrific horror/science fiction story.
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