Given that the entire cyberspace has drop the preceding hebdomad buzzing overwhat may or may not be a sincere effort at selling lab - grown fame meatfor intake , it seems only appropriate that we end the week withAntiviral(currently onNetflix ) . The movie received some mixed reviews , but one affair ’s for sure — this affair is going to stay with you whether you wish it or not .
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Although it ’s most often referred to as a Canadian horror film , exceedingly troubling sci - fi might be a more precise description . The film demand position in a dystopian , not - too - distant future in which society ’s compulsion with celebrities has ballooned into cockeyed proportion . We meet Syd , who works for the Lucas Clinic , one of several firms that specializes in buy virus from disgusted famous person only to sell the illness to the celebs ’ many obsessed fans . Your everyday citizen is then interject , falls ill , and get to feel a spiritual connection with the object of their desire .
But that ’s not all . There are also entire heart and soul markets that use celebrity DNA to develop what is effectively actual human substance — welcome to humankind of socially condoned cannibalism . A deeply upsetting theme , but that ’s what Antiviral is almost entirely pushing . quality development and pacing seem to have been sacrifice for the sake of technical science — but that ’s not inevitably a horrible affair . There ’s nothing to trouble you from the questions at hand : What ’s pushing this famous person obsession , and where is it going ? The answer to the latter is heavy - handedly spoonfed to you through the course of the film . The former , however , is a little more equivocal .
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