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The Neon Demon

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• Horror
• Mystery

• 2016
• Nicolas Winding Refn
• 112 mins
• 18

Summary

Horror thriller starring Elle Fanning. Aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los Angeles with the looks and ambition to get noticed in the big city. But modelling is a cut-throat industry, and there are others who are jealous of the newcomer's success.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Damon Wise

Fans of Drive who felt led up the garden path by its follow-up, Only God Forgives, should perhaps bypass the tenth feature by Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, who has long abandoned the realist bent of earlier work such as Pusher. Admirers of the style of the director's recent output, however, will find plenty to chew on in this graphic, gothic-psychological horror movie, which stars Elle Fanning as teenage model Jesse, who moves to LA to start a modelling career. Jesse proves to be an instant smash hit, but her success has a price, stirring up dangerous jealousies on the catwalk and deadly, unrequited passions off it. Taken by some to be a lurid satire on the fashion world, this is really a cerebral tribute to 1980s slasher films that's better seen as a psychedelic meditation on fame, with a trippy score by Cliff Martinez that helps soften the narrative lurches between each striking set piece.

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6.1/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameJesseElle FanningRubyJena MaloneGigiBella HeathcoteSarahAbbey LeeHankKeanu ReevesRoberta HoffmanChristina HendricksJackDesmond HarringtonRobertAlessandro NivolaDeanKarl GlusmanMikeyCharles Baker

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rolenameDirectorNicolas Winding Refn

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Theatrical distributor

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Released on

2016-07-08

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, sexual violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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