There’s nothing more exciting in film than a big, ambitious swing for the fences. This might mean assembling every hero in the stable to fight against the odds, gambling on a big twist that recontextualizes the entire movie, or — as in the case of O’Dessa— a musical genre mashup made of pure chaos.
The film follows a young woman in a ’90s-inspired, neon-soaked post-apocalypse on a quest to find true love, leading to an eventual confrontation with a quasi-religious demagogue who preaches to the masses through CRT TVs. On paper, O’Dessa appears to be something new, interesting and unique. On the screen, it is, unfortunately, not.
Link: https://exclaim.ca/film/article/o-dessa-film-review
