Mandy - #009

A Nicolas Cage movie made in the last three years with a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Does this fantasy horror thriller blood bath live up to the hype? Spoilers: it absolutely god damned does and more. So sit back as we breakdown the 2018 Panos Cosmatos modern classic Mandy. T he year is 1983 in the Shadow Mountains where Red Miller and Mandy Bloom live a peaceful and loving existence that is shattered when a sadistic cult leader takes an unhealthy interest in Mandy that eventually leads Red down a phantasmagoric journey of vengeance. Mandy features incredible performances by Andrea Risenborough as Mandy and Linus Roache as Jeremiah Sand as well as an unexpected reappearance by Bill Duke of Predator fame, and of course Academy Award Winner and the undisputed baddest MF in the Shadow Mountains: Nicolas Kim Coppola better known as Nicolas Cage.