New Order

Name: New Order
Director: Michel Franco
Genre: Crime/detective, Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller
Released: 2020
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Cast: Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Mónica del Carmen, Eligio Melendez

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Crime/detective
Drama

2020
Michel Franco
86 mins
18

Summary

A lavish high-society wedding unexpectedly turns into a class struggle that leads to a violent coup.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

A wealthy Mexico City family hosting a party in a high-security enclave see their gilded lives changed for ever by a violent class uprising in this speculative vision of upheaval from provocative writer/director Michel Franco. With riots in the streets and blood on the walls, the tide of history engulfs the privileged - but it doesn't stop there. Soon, the survivors find themselves subjugated by a ruthless military government, who use torture and sexual abuse to settle old scores while running a kidnapping racket that exploits the rich. Unrelenting in pace, this brilliantly staged tableau of unfolding carnage is certainly bitter medicine, with not a single spoonful of sugar to help it go down. Some may detect a note of cynicism in such unyielding horror, but it's a truly excoriating visual experience that looks beyond the specificity of its premise to probe more universal social fears. Contains scenes that everyone will find upsetting, and that's the point.

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6.5/10