7 mAndy

The full range of Nicolas Cage’s ferocious acting ability is on display in this grindhouse revenge thriller that offers us LSD-crazed bikers, several deaths by burning and scenes of axe-smelting. He is a bereaved husband, turning to heavy metal violence to avenge his late wife. Cosmatis digs deep into a colour-saturated palette reminiscent of VHS box cover art, while the late Jóhan Jóhannsson’s synth-heavy score recalls the semi-John Carpenter drones of the era’s pulpier horrors.