88 is a smart original Canadian film, words I never thought I would never put in the same sentence. The opening of the film defines "Fugue State" which is a type of amnesia which creates a separate personality, normally triggered by a traumatic event. Gwen (Katharine Isabelle) has had such an event as her boyfriend has been killed in front of her. She turns into the cold heartless, no filter Flamingo. Flamingo is a killer while Gwen is not. She attempts to unravel what has happened and believes Cyrus (Christopher Lloyd) killed him.
Flamingo in her new personality doesn't recognize people Gwen knows and Gwen doesn't know people that Flamingo has met. The film is filled with flashbacks. The number "88" is used for everybody's address, but is a reference to the script as to how it loops back and creates a double infinity symbol for the two personality plot line. The time spent as each personality is evenly done. The soundtrack is 180 degrees different between the two personalities. And something I didn't figure out to late was there was a rather lame trigger song "Come Be With Me Love" that would jolt Gwen out of her tough girl Fugue State and back into herself.
However, this is not a film for everyone. The flashbacks are at times confusing. The soundtrack is original and could have been better. It swings from a grindhouse film to an indie drama at the drop of a hat.
Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
Flamingo in her new personality doesn't recognize people Gwen knows and Gwen doesn't know people that Flamingo has met. The film is filled with flashbacks. The number "88" is used for everybody's address, but is a reference to the script as to how it loops back and creates a double infinity symbol for the two personality plot line. The time spent as each personality is evenly done. The soundtrack is 180 degrees different between the two personalities. And something I didn't figure out to late was there was a rather lame trigger song "Come Be With Me Love" that would jolt Gwen out of her tough girl Fugue State and back into herself.
However, this is not a film for everyone. The flashbacks are at times confusing. The soundtrack is original and could have been better. It swings from a grindhouse film to an indie drama at the drop of a hat.
Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.