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Bookmark this pageIn the Belly of the Dragon (1989)
Director: Yves Simoneau
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Simoneau's commendable shot at a sci-fi fantasy with teeth is better than most contemporary Canadian movies, but that isn't saying much. A butch young man drops out of his dead-end job (delivering shop brochures to strife-torn tenements) and sells his body to a mysterious research institute, whose crazed woman diretcor is bent on maximising brain power without regard for the physical cost to her subjects. The movie wants to be a cross between Brazil and Subway, but it's crippled by unimaginitive designs and weak scripting; it comes closest to working in its elements of black comedy, which peter out around the half-way mark.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Yves Simoneau
Producer: Michel Gauthier
Cast: Rémy Girard, Michel Coté, David La Haye, Pierre Curzi full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 102 mins
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