'Divinity' review: Sci-fi movie posits immortality for sale
Resourceful director Eddie Alcazar enlists Stephen Dorff and Bella Thorne for a sci-fi film of tactile black-and-white imagery and a captivating heap of ideas.
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Resourceful director Eddie Alcazar enlists Stephen Dorff and Bella Thorne for a sci-fi film of tactile black-and-white imagery and a captivating heap of ideas.
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Part Cronenberg, part Lynchian, and full of gonzo ideas, Eddie Alcazar’s Sundance standout is a cautionary tale as chilling as it is unhinged.
UtopiaDivinity begins with close-ups of what appears to be an alien womb pulsating and expanding in the darkness and a narrow vaginal light shining brightly and opening wide to reveal, ultimately, a camera’s lens. It’s a striking image of creation and cinema, the two commingled to elicit both terror and awe. “The dream is… to live forever,” intones the scientist, Sterling Pierce (Scott Bakula), reflected in that lens, and his fantasy is at the heart of Eddie Alcazar’s sterling directorial debut—
Divinity is the very definition of a film that’s high on its own supply. Take its wonky, singular rush, or don't.