This article contains mild spoilers for "borderline".

Following the premiere in Los Angeles at the "border", the directorial debut of the writer "Cocaine Bear", Jimi Warden, the director admitted that when a male singer belittled the verses at Madonna's "border", the verses suddenly become deeply disturbing. There is a confirmation that a social contract has been destroyed. It is cute and playful to see a young woman walking through hyperbolic statements like "You just keep up to impose my loveubeum above the border", but when men do the same, it starts to sound like a threat. These gender expectations, social agreements and implicit assumptions are Border lines From Novak's directorial effort to Warden, where the slim pop -star of the 90's named Sofia (Samara weaving) is terrorizing her home by a misconception named Paul (Ray Nicholson), who is also convinced that they were not only married for years.

It's easy to laugh at a guy like sex, because despite his undeniable beautiful look and megawatts (that he could thank his famous father's genetics for), he's righteous So pathetic. When we first meet Paul, we are greeted in his perverted fantasy of marriage to Sofia, the one he tells to viewers will Be what we see at the end of the story. He sees the cold open of the film as successfully in the luxurious palace of Sofia, while fortunately she is not at home; Removing her shoes on the door, making her laundry in her machines, trying out her recording equipment in her private studio, and even taking a bubble bath in her Jacuzzi tub. He jokes around her house as a child left at night in a toy store, and Nicholson's performance is so damaged electrified, you can't help, but drop gravel despite the fact that he has gained access to the castle by stabbing her guard, Bellvonnari (Eric Dane).

"The Border" has many intentional moments on Ilaruubov because Warden is Deeply funny writerBut the worst thing about his horror comedy is just how often you laugh. Since it is a story that forces the audience into so much discomfort, if you do not laugh, you will have to lose your mind.

It would be easy to make the "border" wrong as nothing more than a strange, sometimes comedy with a screwer with parts of graphic violence thrown for good fun, but Warden's script is purely fascinating The way he plays with viewers of the characters and leaves us to force us to project those assumptions on them. We find out that Paul has experienced a traumatic event during one of Sofia's concerts, and that is understood, but never confirmed that this was what made him separate from reality. But we don't know much more than that. There is no chance of knowing if this event is what really broke, or whether he was broken much earlier. We know that when he appears on the threshold of Sofia for the first time in the movie, it's no The first time he appeared there, because he and her guard are not just in the name, but Bell seems to know that the best course of action is to confirm Paul's misunderstanding systems. He shows us the time and time again that he is a serious threat, but no one seems to understand his presence seriously until it's too late. Is this comment on how little we invest in men's mental health or How frivolous were the 1990s as a decade regarding the safety of famous women? The "border" does not give us easy answers, which can frustrate some, but provides plenty of space for discourse.

It is also easy to eradicate immediately for Sofia, not just because it is weaving of Samara (And everyone loves Samara weaving!), but also because her existence as a beautiful, blonde, white woman tends to gather implicit sympathy (Learn about A white woman's syndromeIf you are not already familiar). Even after we find out that Sofia's newly discovered NBA player named Rhodes (the always fantastic Jimmi fails) was originally organized as a publicity cascade and that it was so rich that she had never felt the need to learn where the circuit switch was in her home. In any other movie, a character like Sofia would be "amazing", but what makes the "border" such a smart story is that it serves as a reminder that there is no such thing as the perfect sacrifice, and even "amazing" people deserve to be spared the emotional (and physical) terrorism coming from a fan.

The "border" allows Nicholson and weaving to make a holiday from their characters (especially Nicholson), but the script is a comedy of mistakes that cause chaos to all involved. When you are too busy laughter to pay attention to the danger that Paul represents, it is no surprise why he is able to get out of as much as he has.

The film is set in "1990-something", and while there are not many aspects required by the script of the film itself, which remind you that it is a 1990s movie out of aesthetics or lack of cells and Wi-Fi that would prevent Paul's plans before even they, the thematic core and subversion. Sofia and Rhodes are essentially avatars for Madonna and Chicago Bulls, Dennis Rodman, a man who has closed the fifth Avenue in New York to wear a wedding dress in the signing of his book.

The "border" does not forget that iconic moment, but completely twists it on the head in something actually Terrible, how to look at all the people who denied the end of civilization because one of the best rebels in NBA history wore a public dress to say, "No, you fools, This is what should intimidate you. "And yet, because too many people are still too unpleasant to process a men's person in women's clothing, they will laugh. In the same way as the general public probably does not remember the statistics of the basketball of Rodman or The horrible claims lobbied against him But do Remember his allure to carry "Mase" fashion, the border line knows exactly how the audience will react and use it in the advantage of the film. Quite frankly, much of the film works as a test of Rorschach - the reaction of the horror that suits him, much more about the reactor than the film does.

And that's the power of the film. Obviously, walking can be a bit problematic at times (especially early) and the logic is less airtight and more "Midwest's draft window in the middle of winter", but none of it matters when you surrender to Warden's world, because it is not everything that is different from the one we are currently living. Surely, the film was set in the 1990s, but in this story, this story, this story, this story, at any time. The more things change, the more they remain exactly the same. Reaction to the audience Then is the reaction of the audience Now. And my God is to cool the spine to have to accept.

"The Border" is hell at a fun time in films and boasts some pretty fantastic performances, which, to include a lot of laughter you need to have. The "Warrior Nun" Starvala Alba Baptista is a total thief on stage as foams, an equally disturbed French girl who essentially serves as Charlie Quinn on Paul. But between each line of impact (I was soundly involved when a young girl accuses Paul of putting a priest in a box and he responds: "We put a pastor in a box. We are Protestants."

Of course, most people are aware of the terrible tragedies that are free from figures such as Selena Quintanila-Perez, Johnon Lennon and actress Rebecca Schafer, but how many people know about the former WWE's Sonja Devil's supermitwire (real name Daria Berenato) that was expelled from a fan An internet that eventually entered her home with a knife, plastic postal connections, canal and fog label? How many people know that Starwar "Icarley" Miranda Kosgrov's Stalker caught fire and shot in her front yard After a woman shot in her neighborhood that looked like her? Does the general public know that Miley Cyrus had multiple stalkers, including one who was arrested before claiming "It's my life mission to impregnate (her)?" Or do people only pay attention to these stories when celebrities end up dead?

We are trained to laugh at these miserable "answers" when they blow the Instagram page of a celebrity with desperate comments of thirst and teach women "just ignore the trolls". All this is to say, JiMi Warden's film is absolutely frightening not only because "Diabolically does not approve the man's woman and holds her hostage (and others) to wear a wedding" is a frightening concept, but because guys like this exist and they are never serious.

The "border" knows this and uses it against its audience. As long as we laugh at the policeman making a jazz square, the security guard is trying to eat food that is too hot just outside the microwave, or the adult who believes he was in a relationship with a pop -starvar that he never met, we will not know what hit us until it's too late.

The "border" is currently playing in limited theaters and is available on VOD.