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This year’s highlights from Fantastic Fest <\/strong>, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in the latest horror, fantasy and sci-fi from around the world. <\/p>\n

I Saw The Devil<\/h3>\n

Ji Woo-Kim\u2019s latest is a revenge thriller about a secret service agent tracking the serial killer who murdered his pregant fiance.  On every technical level \u2013 performances, direction, cinematography \u2013 \u2018I Saw The Devil\u2019 is a tour de force. The brilliant Min-Sik Choi (\u2018Old Boy\u2019) returns as a Korean \u2018Max Cady\u2019. A 360 degree knife fight inside a moving car and a brutal home invasion soar with sadistic daring.<\/p>\n

Julia\u2019s Eyes<\/h3>\n

This creepy Spanish \u2018giallo\u2019 starts with the apparent suicide of a blind woman at home in her basement. Her twin sister, Julia – who also suffers from the same anxiety-blindness – must catch the real killer before she too loses her eye-sight. There are strong, credible performances by Bel\u00e9n Rueda (\u2018The Orphanage\u2019) and Llu\u00eds Homar. Guillem Morales directs with lots of dark lighting and long, voyeuristic shots. But it isn\u2019t \u2018giallo\u2019 enough. The kills aren\u2019t shocking – except one – and the killer\u2019s \u2018reveal\u2019 is telegraphed early on. Still, \u2018Julia\u2019s Eyes\u2019 is an effective Mediterranean take on \u2018Wait Until Dark\u2019, even at times romantic.<\/p>\n

Drones<\/h3>\n

Drones is a science-fiction comedy about white-collar aliens plotting to destroy Earth. Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker \u2013 writers for \u2018The Thrilling Adventure\u2019 revue in LA – this is a witty, smart film. Directors Amber Benson and Adam Busch handle the office drudgery well. A sparkling cast includes Angela Bettis (always great), Johnathan Woodward, James Urbaniak, Sam Levine and Dave Allen (Freaks & Geeks.)<\/p>\n

Golden Slumber<\/h3>\n

In Yoshiro Nakamura\u2019s wonderful \u2018Golden Slumber\u2019 a hapless delivery driver becomes the \u2018patsy\u2019 in an elaborate assasination plot. Think \u2018The Bourne Identity\u2019 meets \u2018Big Chill\u2019 with a great pop soundtrack from Kazuyoshi Saito. Nakamura\u2019s theme of connecting – getting back home<\/em> – ties neatly with The Beatles\u2019 \u2018Abbey Road\u2019.<\/p>\n

FANTASTIC FEST<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some Film Reviews from Nick Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[147,164,121,166,146,165,167,168,148],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cinema","tag-cinema-2","tag-drones","tag-eyeplug","tag-fantastic-fest","tag-film","tag-golden-slumber","tag-i-saw-the-devil","tag-julias-eyes","tag-nick-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8638,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions\/8638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}