‘Mona Lisa and Blood Moon’ is the third film by writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour (‘The Girl Who Comes Home Alone At Night’) and is considered something of a ‘Suicide Squad’. It’s a quasi-superhero movie in step. Or “birds of prey”.
It also leans heavily on confetti-colored visuals and fluid violence. And the main character, Mona Lisa (Jung Seo-joon), is a mental hospital patient with telekinetic abilities, and she’s just a hero as long as she’s rooting for her to come out on top.
Mona Lisa escapes from a psychiatric hospital and meets smart stripper single mother Bonnie (Kate Hudson) when her ragged straitjacket is mistaken for a fashion statement. Her wide-eyed, utterly out of touch with the way the world works, Mona Lisa is Edward. She could be mistaken for an innocent person. mind.
Bonnie takes advantage of her new companion to direct the directionless Mona Lisa and extort a stranger to make a sizable ATM withdrawal. Naturally, there’s also a determined cop (Craig Robinson) on their tail, and the stakes of the investigation are raised by an unconvincingly adorable friendship between Mona Lisa and Bonnie’s son Charlie (Evan Witten). I’m here.
The violet-hued New Orleans setting takes on the sweaty haze of a 3 a.m. nightclub, but despite its glittering overstylization and dizzying needle drop, the “Mona Lisa” ” can only step on shallow water. Its comedy is mediocre, with moments of emotional catharsis (such as when Mona Lisa scares Charlie’s egg-throwing bully or when Charlie clashes with her negligent mother over Mona Lisa’s exploitation). feels perfunctory. Movies often have an edgy music video look and feel, but that doesn’t necessarily matter if it’s not weirdly boring.
Mona Lisa and Blood Moon
Rated R for bloody self-harm and street assault. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.Available for rent or purchase at the theater apple tv, google play and other streaming platforms and pay-TV operators.