Glamorous young actresses are targeted by the killer Leather Man and a vengeful GI searches for his daughter in this hypnotic, ultraviolent film from Nicolas Winding Refn. Set against the backdrop of a surreal, neon soaked city, a bizarre high rise hotel, the violent streets of retrofuturist urban sprawl and extravagant film production sets, this strange, unsettling and deeply beautiful neo-Giallo is an exercise in gleeful filmmaking style. A terrific, pounding new score from regular Brian DePalma collaborator Pino Donaggio is the icing on the cake for fans of psychedelic cinema and baroque excess. Quite simply this is pure cinema. – Paul Ridd