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Johansson Gets “Under the Skin”

Johansson Gets “Under the Skin”

March 7, 2014 By S. K. Sloan 2 Comments

If you are a human male reading this then you already knew that Scarlett Johansson is just too damned perfect to be a human being. Well, director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) has now given us all proof beyond any reasonable doubt.

His new film Under the Skin, which has been a decade in the making, stars Johansson as an alien visitor from the far reaches of outer space who has come to Earth to fall prey on hitchhiking, unsuspecting youngish male homo sapiens along the roads around Glasgow, Scotland.

under-the-skin300x150Brought to Earth by a shady extraterrestrial corporation whose ultra secret plan remains a mystery for a good part of the film. The movie features flashes of the Johansson character’s alien home world.

Without doubt this is Glazer’s darkest film to date. It was met with plenty of booing at the Venice Film Festival yet no one walked out but stayed glued to their seats with their eyes fixed on the screen which signals one thing in the movie industry — hit film.

Word of caution to parents: This is not a sci-fi film for your kids under 18 years of age. It is loaded with lots of graphic nudity and strong sexual content.

Under the Skin makes it’s U.S. theatrical debut on April 4, 2014.

Filed Under: Film News

About S. K. Sloan

Samuel K. Sloan's love of Star Trek brought him to Slice of SciFi, where he was Managing Editor from 2005-2011, and returned from 2013-2014 before retiring once again from scifi news gathering.

Comments

  1. Tad says

    March 7, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    So, Scarlett Johansson has two movies coming out April 4th.

    • Sam Sloan says

      March 8, 2014 at 11:43 am

      Yep. This one and the next Captain America film. One a blockbuster & the other a bit for a more niche group – but both sci-fi.

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