Sound of Violence

I can't say it's good, but it entertained me. My association is that of early Japanese cyberpunk though in an arty and hip contemporary setting and execution. I decided early on to not be bothered about nonsensical sound works and terrible handling of microphones on par with 90s movie depiction of computer hackers and their magic fingers. A bit of a miss that nobody could be bothered with some proper research. The main character should have been quite aware of existing experimental music and sound art of the physical sorts, Stelarc in the academic setting, some macho power noise, maybe Abruptum for her personal pleasures. A sound nerd like her would be scouting numbered limited editions of obscure industrial cassettes rather than some random record store for sure. Oh, well. It didn't bore me and it wasn't stupid enough to make me angry, so I'll be generous and raise it to a seven despite its flaws.

The sound of violence is ugly and so is this film. Not an easy watch and while I appreciate the attempt to turn horror into art, it just didn’t do it for me. Jasmin is a great actress, however, and she just about makes this bearable.