Director: Joe Lynch
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
After a bizarre incident, a doctor tries to help a psychiatrist uncover what happened that involves her experiences with a client that she believes has a rare form of multiple personality disorder that needs to be treated only to turn into a race to save him from other forces trying to rob him of his body.
Review:
This was a highly enjoyable and likable effort with plenty going for it. One of the better aspects here is the solid and engrossing setup that brings about a rather fun time here with setting everything up. The main setup here involving the flashbacks to what came before including the bizarre therapy session that sets everything up, the growing obsession with maintaining the relationship despite all the warning signs there being to leave, and the exposition that we get diving into the medical condition he suffers from that drags her into this massive conspiracy about the body and consciousness transferring between each other that gives this a fantastic starting point to everything.
That creates a strong second half that delves nicely into the discovery of the condition that has been explored. The use of soul transference and body swapping being the root of everything happening is explained nicely through the occult rituals that are put into practice creating a fine framework for exploring how the actual process works. This gets physically explored in the graphic scenes with everything taking place as the two share violent seizure-like symptoms to switch places and take over the bodies of the other that gets quite interesting with the kinky sexual role play that gets brought up as a means to show the change in personality that’s taken place.
It all gets brought together in the wild finale where the full context of the body-swapping has meaning and results in the series of wild confrontations that take place within the confines of the mental facility and lead to some really fun confrontations with some graphic outcomes that are in place here. As the situation escalates, though, it soon becomes apparent that the whole thing is way more confusing than it really should be which is the main drawback to this one. Since there are only brief glimpses about the nature of the possession, how it works, and the manner in which they’re possessed, it all tends to make the film feel more confusing than it needs to try to balance the concept at play here. Without any kind of tick as to how to differentiate what’s going on or who’s in what body, this can be a bit of a struggle at times to keep it straight which ends up being the main issue holding it down.
Overview: ****/5
An incredibly enjoyable if somewhat confusing adaptation, there’s more to like here that manages to hold this one in quite a high regard as the main issue here is a troublesome but not entirely detrimental one. Give this a shot if you’re intrigued about this one or are a fan of the creative crew while most others out there who are turned off by these features should heed caution.
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