LFO

2013 sci-fi morality tale

Rating: 13/20

Plot: A guy finds a synthesizer tone that hypnotizes people. He toys with his new neighbors before developing loftier goals.

This tone flatlines for a long time before disintegrating into a jokey thought experiment, but the performances are all good and there's a subtle darkish comedy that works. Director Antonio Tublen also did the cool synthesizer score. The issue is that there are more tangents than there are settings. This takes place entirely in the main character's home, and you might think that would give everything a focus. Instead, you've got ghost wives, moral dilemmas, rival synth guys, police activity. It's a mess, but it's a really quiet mess. There's enough going for this that would make me almost recommend it to anybody who enjoys light sci-fi, but I don't think this is a movie I'm ever likely to think about again. In fact, I actually watched it a while ago and forgot to write about it.

What's the deal with all the eggs, by the way? Is there symbolism I'm missing or something?