Left with an extensive list of other films to check after seeing the excellent documentary Women on Both Sides of the Camera (2019-also reviewed) I decided to continue exploring the Cine-Excess line-up,by hearing Willow sing.
Note:Review contains some plot details.
View on the film:
Trying to keep a grip on remaining sober and her psychokinetic abilities, writer/ director Karen Lam & cinematographer Thomas Billingsley stylishly dual wield surrealist Manga- style J-Horror Pop-Art, with a tough, grounded grit from the real locations,as the abandoned warehouse Willow (played with a excellent nervousness by Valerie Tian) lives in is laced in black and white-coloured long panning shots, which along with displaying how difficult Willow's life is, also lays out a canvas for the outbursts of Horror.
Whilst succeeding in criss-crossing the supernatural with personal drama visually, the screenplay by Lam sadly leaves Willow's psychokinetic powers to feel forced in, and out of place with the chillingly realistic abuse and drug problems Willow faces as she sings.
