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Why You Need To Watch Big Bad Wolves On Netflix, Right Now

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A few years ago, I saw a horror film called Rabies, and it ended up being one of my favorite horror movies of the year. I also went on to sing ts praises on BloodyDisgusting, among many other sites. It was a film written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado. What is noteworthy about Rabies (besides how utterly original and unconventional it is) was the fact that was the first Israeli horror film ever made. Pretty cool, right? I often call Rabies the Pulp Fiction of horror films. The way it intertwines different lives and stories into one. The way it uses humor at very strange opportunities to ease the violence and tension. If I had to pick a “Top 20 Best Horror Films I Have Ever Seen”, Rabies would make the list. You take the ride, but have no idea where it is going until the film stops and your jaw drops. Well, last year Quentin Tarantino called  Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s follow-up movie, Big Bad Wolves, the best movie of 2013. Last night I watched it, and can agree on all fronts with Mr. Tarantino. This is some other-worldly film making. A dark (sometimes funny and sometimes cruel) ride that will leave you aghast in the best way possible. You need to stop what you are doing right now and watch Big Bad Wolves on Netflix. I will now tell you why….

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Rabies was a mindf*ck of a film, and Big Bad Wolves follows closely in its paw prints.

What made Rabies so exceptional, was the way it grabbed the expectations you had for how any one scene would play and flipped it upside down. We go to films now, and most of us who adore the medium can usually tell what is coming. With Rabies, you can’t. The movie weaves between stories so expertly, yet you have no idea where these stories are heading or how they will intersect. It is expert storytelling, that leads you in a direction you think you are going, then strands you somewhere you had no idea you’d end up. I greatly admire  Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado for the stories they are brave and original enough to tell. Rabies and Big Bad Wolves are both stories that play with the fine line drawn between good and evil. Who your perception of the good guy is, and who your perception of the bad guy is. Lines blur, and these two are brave enough to force us to experience the brilliant discomfort of that.

So maybe I should talk about Big Bad Wolves a bit now, huh? The thing is, you know my theory about being vague when it comes to good movies not enough of you have seen. Hell, I have a weekly column where I recommend films while telling people next to nothing about them. Let me remind you, that is not easy but it is necessary for this medium. The problem with movie reviews is that they tell you what to love and hate about a movie by ruining the little aspects of the story in their reviews. I have never understood who that helps. These are not reviews I do. This is me, simply whispering in your ear that you need to see these movies and you can thank me later.

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I am pretty sure you know where this scene is going, but you would only be half-right.

So no, I won’t tell you about Big Bad Wolves outside the basics. There are three main characters in this film. Though an important fourth figure eventually is introduced, I will let you discover that on your own. In Big Bad Wolves, we have Dror. A meek school teacher who may or may not be a pedophile and child murderer. Next up, we have Rami (gotta love that name), the cop who is obsessed with taking Dror down, but is known for making some poor choices at key moments. Last up, we have Gidi. Gidi is a retired military man, and also the Father of one of the girls who was abducted, raped, and killed. So Gidi wants to get some answers from Dror, as does Rami. The thing is, Big Bad Wolves blurs the lines between good and bad and constantly has us questioning who the real Big Bad Wolves are here. These are three characters who are dancing, and as much as they each lead at one point, they also each get lead, without knowing it. It is a deep, tightly woven story, and it really will leave you speechless once the final frame fades to black. I thought I knew where it was going and was so blinded by the fact that I didn’t that I am now a fan for life of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s work. Takes a lot to floor me, but Rabies and Big Bad Wolves both did just that, effortlessly.

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You know what director loves using this shot? Look down. No, not at your penis. I meant scroll down.

So I was right in my assumption that they admire each other’s work.

I know I have sung the praises of the writer and director combo behind this movie, but I want to take a quick second to say it would not work if the performances in the film weren’t so perfect. The feelings you have for the three main characters change-up so often as they play each other to try to get what they want. It is like watching a modern Shakespearean play (with lots of torture, which is pretty accurate). It is mostly just three guys in a room, talking. If that can keep you compelled, than you know they are doing something right. Like a Tarantino movie, Big Bad Wolves is a dance. I wont tell you which one the wolf is, or who is leading the dance. Hell, maybe they are all wolves. That is the beauty of this film. You may think you know where it is going, but as soon as it ends you will want to watch it again, because the ending casts the whole movie in a different light. In the modern age, when films follow cliche’s and rarely surprise us, Big Bad Wolves refuses to follow any cliche’, and does nothing but surprise us. Hell, it left me aghast.

At times brutal, at times hilarious, but nothing short of brilliant. You have no excuse not to watch it, as it is on Netflix right now.  I even linked it here for you lazy bones. This is a twisted ride, reminiscent of some of my favorite South Korean cinema (with a dash of Tarantino-esque dialogue thrown in), and a film I had to tell my REMlins about as soon as I saw it.

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” Underneath the fan…”

Speaking of my REMlins….

Come over here and join my cult of REMlins. We are the weird-ass family you never knew you needed.

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