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Film Review
Monos Mixes the Beautiful
With Barbarism
By Morgan Rojas for cinemacy.com
In only his third feature film to date, budding
independent filmmaker Alejandro Landes has
proven himself a talent for creating uniquely
realized visions to the big screen, filled with
a dazzling display of mesmerizing visuals that
bring an arresting and honestly observed look
at humanity to life. His latest film, Monos,
now playing at ArcLight Hollywood and the
Landmark, depicts a group of young guerrilla
soldiers as they fracture and spiral into chaotic
barbarism, evoking the thrills of Lord of the
Flies but pushing new cinematic boundaries.
Set high atop remote Latin American
hills (filled with incredibly photographed
sequences), unsupervised Colombian rebel
fighters belonging to a terror group known as
“The Organization” pass the time the only way
they know how to: horsing around, making
out with each other and recklessly firing their
machine guns (blame this on their immaturity
as well as isolation). The young band’s sole
purpose is to keep watch over their American
hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson), who
their higher-ups harbor as a bargaining chip
in their favor. The “Monos,” as they call
themselves, receive periodic check-ins from
a senior rebel leader, but for the most part
are left alone to fend for and govern themselves.
When an unexpected ambush forces
the Monos and Doctora down from their
hideout in the sky and into the jungle, their
desperation ramps up, as childish recklessness
quickly turns into primal, physical and
psychological warfare.
It’s a slow burn of a film that raises more
questions than answers (especially in the first
act), but that doesn’t mean there is a shortage
of emotional strings that won’t pull the
viewer into this beautifully captured world.
Led by powerhouse performances from the
film’s younger cast, including a combination
of both amateur as well as professional actors
(Moises Arias and Nicholson), the ensemble’s
on-screen chemistry is as authentic and disturbingly
beautiful as the world in which they live.
Bringing this all to life is cinematographer
Jasper Wolf, whose stunning camerawork
gives Monos a surreal, fairytale-like aura.
Otherworldly visuals aside, the score and its
Oscar-nominated composer are what initially
attracted me to this movie. Mica Levi, whose
genius can be heard in films Jackie and Under
the Skin, creates a sort of sound bathmeets
trance composition as opposed to a
traditional orchestral score, making for a
haunting, erratic and pitch-perfect experience.
While devoid of a more traditional narrative
context, instead opting for an organically
captured and impressionistically felt story,
the payoff in Monos comes tenfold for those
who are willing to give themselves over to
Landes and his uncompromising vision. •
Monos, Courtesy of NEON
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