Moebius (2014)

I never heared a thing about this flick but now and the, it pops up on lists were they are talking about shocking flicks or weird flicks and I can agree on both parts, it can be shocking for some and if you do watch it it is weird on other parts, That been said it is mostly filed under horror but I can't say it is really horror because there's no gore attached, it's all done off-camera but still it do shock. It's all about a man cheating on his wife. The wife knows so she decide to castrate her husband and from there I can't say more. What I said was seen in the firts 5 minutes. From there on the story goes really beserk. For the gorehounds or the lovers of old school horror there isn't much to catch but it do contains a lot of nudity, castration, bullying, rape, masturbation and mutilation. So you can understand that is isn't going to be a ride for will make you comfortable. Coming out of South Korea it makes it even weirder. And don't worry, there is no spoken word throughout this sickie. So no subs needed you can pick it up all over the world. Gore 0/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

To get the name of the film out of the way the following is offered, though it doesn't seem to relate to the film: 'Moebius syndrome is a rare birth defect caused by the absence or underdevelopment of the 6th and 7th cranial nerves, which control eye movements and facial expression. Many of the other cranial nerves may also be affected, including the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th. The first symptom, present at birth, is an inability to suck. Other symptoms can include: feeding, swallowing, and choking problems; excessive drooling; crossed eyes; lack of facial expression; inability to smile; eye sensitivity; motor delays; high or cleft palate; hearing problems and speech difficulties. Children with Moebius syndrome are unable to move their eyes back and forth. Decreased numbers of muscle fibers have been reported. Deformities of the tongue, jaw, and limbs, such as clubfoot and missing or webbed fingers, may also occur. As children get older, lack of facial expression and inability to smile become the dominant visible symptoms. Approximately 30 to 40 percent of children with Moebius syndrome have some degree of autism.' Alternatively, Moebius refers to a continuous one-sided surface that can be formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180° and attaching it to the other end. Take your pick.But on to the film. This is a film that will find its audience - there is so much of this sort of morbid, weird derring-do on routine movies and television that it should not really shock anyone. But the film is different. It is without spoken word and therefore relies solely on the body language and wordless reaction from the cast. Yes the story is bizarre - a married man with a son man has an affair with a young woman, the wife flips over the top and decides to destroy the husband's offending organ - an act that is aborted and the mother instead transfers her uncontrollable madness on her son, castrating him. The family naturally disintegrates, the father commiserates with the injured and disturbed son and the mother re- enters the family picture with an even more sick behavior.The three cast members are convincing - a factor that somehow makes the film work. Yes, it is a disturbing repugnant movie but some people with a thirst for the dark in life will likely purchase the film to see repeatedly. For the faint of heart, avoid.

I don't get many WTF moments when watching film. Not anymore. I guess spending decades searching for the most bizarre, scandalous and banned films from around the world has resulted in my flatline response to scenes and screen situations that others might find shocking. It's a true pleasure when I do come across a film that solicits a bottomless jaw reaction. A Serbian Film, Cannibal Holocaust and even to a lesser degree, The Human Centipede were all films that caught me off my usual guard. And in a good way. Now, as of yesterday's screening, my small list of WTF's has increased by one.Moebius stars Lee Eun-Woo and Cho Jae-Hyun as a married couple with emotional problems beyond repair. The wife (the characters are not given names) is enraged over the husband's infidelity and her descent into madness results in a knife attack where she attempts to remove her husband's err….ummm….manhood. With her efforts thwarted, the woman moves to her teenage son's room and with less resistance she cuts off her son's penis while he is sleeping. The husband hears his son's cries and bursts into the room where he and his wife again wrestle with wild abandon. The husband attempts to retrieve the severed appendage from his enraged spouse, but she is able to dispose of the detached organ in a way that gave me the first of my many WTF moments.And this all happens in the first 10 minutes.The son is rushed to the hospital but without the item to be reattached, there is little the physicians can do. The son returns home and is confronted with a life of ridicule from classmates and street thugs aware of his err….ummm….situation. Meanwhile, the father scours the internet looking for information to give him hope that his son could receive a successful penis transplant or in some way have the feeling of a male orgasm.Not yet at the film's half-way point, the son takes a keen liking in a beautiful shop girl that is more than willing to bare all for her admirer. The father and son learn through internet searches that inflicted pain during sexual encounters could lead to a heightened faux-orgasmic reaction. Knives and sharp rocks provide scenes that will again incite orated "WTF's" as the son and father explore a sick mix of simulated sex and pain.By the time you get to the film's final act you realize there will be no let-up from writer/director Ki-duk Kim. The final reel contains even more stunning events within the family that are beyond full description let alone comprehension. The relationship between son-father-mother continues off the rails leading to a crescendo every bit as perverse as the previous 80 minutes leading us to the end credit's conclusion.Ki-duk Kim is no stranger to controversy in his films. In 2000's The Isle, Kim included scenes of animal cruelty that included a frog skinned alive and live fish that were mutilated. These scenes resulted in the film being delayed from its intended release. But The Isle can't hold a candle to Moebius wherein each new scene a demented and perverse story of mutilation, cannibalism and awkward sexual decadence is displayed with peacock feathered pride. And it is all accomplished without a single word uttered by any of the on-screen characters.To simply shock an audience is easy. Eli Roth and Takashi Miike have been doing that for years. But to shock, engage, repulse and captivate while still producing a watchable (even if it is between your fingers) and recommendable film, well, that is a talent that is ambiguous at best. Moebius is that film.www.killerreviews.com

To begin with, iam a massive Kim's fan and so I've seen everything from his masterpieces. But I'll try to be fair this time. I accept the fact that he's experimenting these last 2 years and I do love that he tries more and more to change his point of view. In particular, Moebius has a really lovely direction and an innovative - unusual - amazing way of telling the story, plus that it's the most realistic that it doesn't contain any dialogs / the actors are all caricatures and fit perfect in the scenery... but.. the worst thing about the movie is the scenario, which ,in my opinion, completely destroys and precipitates all the good things that this film has. There is a really annoying (after some time) obsession with masturbation, there are lots of pointless violence and the metaphors lack of any kind of connections. So, after the movie ended I really didn't understand if it held any value or made any sense. It's the worst point ever that I've given to his work and I have to say that maybe it would be best if I never saw the movie because it's the first time that this creator falls in my eyes. Please Mr.Kim, be more careful with the story that you want to tell next time. From an always dedicated fan.