UMichael Shannon njengoFrank kunye neImogen Poots njengoLola.UMnyhadala weFilimu weSundance Ukuhamba ngenkuthalo phakathi kweemovie kunye nemidlalo yeqonga, uMichael Shannon ngumdlali weqonga okhutheleyo nonobuchule ngoku ozinzileyo kwaye okwaziyo ukuzinza kwindima enzima kwimidlalo bhanyabhanya engenantsingiselo, yokulahla ngaphandle kwamathuba okuphumelela kwezorhwebo njengento ebizwa ngokuba UFrank noLola.
| UFrank noLola Ibhalwe yayalelwa ngu: UMateyu Ross |
Kule nkunkuma yexesha, udlala uFrank, umpheki we-neurotic eLas Vegas obandakanyeka ngokwesondo kunye nekholeji yakutshanje kunye nomyili wefashoni ogama linguLola (Imogen Poots). ULola mncinci ngeminyaka kuye, uFrank uxhalabile. Unandipha ixesha lokulala ebhedini xa ishedyuli yakhe exakekileyo ngasemva kwesitovu kwifaskoti enegazi ivumayo, kodwa akangomntu owonwabileyo xa esebenza okanye edlala. Enye into, Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba angatya njani kwakhona-eyona nto bayifunayo ziisaladi ezingenagluten. Emva koko kukho ingxaki kaLola ngokwakhe, i-slut enigmatic kunye nexesha elidlulileyo elimnyama kunye nokuziphatha kakubi ukuba uFrank uyaqondakala.
U-Lola udlala ngothando nabantu angabaziyo kwimivalo, uyala ukuzibophelela, awunakumthemba uLola, ophume kwibhloko elandelayo eqongeni-kwizithende zikamama wakhe owongameleyo (URosanna Arquette kwindima encinci kangangokuba iqulathe inye kuphela indawo). UFrank uyaqonda ukuba uyintombazana esengozini yokumbangela usizi oluhlala luhleli, ngakumbi xa kunqabile ukuba afike ekhaya ebusuku ngexesha, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha angabi njalo. Ngobunye ubusuku, uyavuma ukuba wadlwengulwa sisithandwa esidala saseFrance esigama linguAlan (Michael Nyqvist) awayemazi ngeentsuku zakhe zokufunda eParis. Uba ngumkhonto ongathandekiyo kangangokuba ubalekela eParis ukuya kulanda uAlan kwaye ambethe. Emva kokuba uAlan embonisa ividiyo kaLola ebhedini nomnye umfazi, uFrank utshintsha ixhoba alandele umfazi kule vidiyo. Ndiyicinga ukuba yonke into ifanele ibe yinto enobungqingili kwaye ivuseleleke, kodwa ukuhlwa kuphelela kwi-orgy, ngoko kuyadinisa akufanelekile ukuyikhankanya.
Uxinzelelo olukhankanyiweyo lonyuka nothotho lwezinto ezihlekisayo nezingathandekiyo eziphelela eVasgas apho uAlan efika ngokungummangaliso, ekhanuka uLola. UFrank no-Alan babetha omnye nomnye kwi-sirloin tartare. Ngeli xesha, uFrank u-schizophrenic akasazi inyaniso kwiifantasy. Akukho nanye kuyo evakalayo, kwaye ukuba ucinga ukuba uyazi ukuba iphela njani xa iphela kumnyama, ndithumele ikhadi lokuposa.
Njengokuzilolonga kwi-voyeurism, le yimovie elala ngeenyawo zayo. UShanon ulunge kakhulu kobu bubhanxa, kwaye amaPoots kufuneka enze into malunga neli gama liyintlekele. Ngubani owakhe weva ngenkwenkwezi ye-movie egama linguPoots? Ngaphantsi kwesikhokelo esingafanelekanga somlawuli-umbhali uMatthew Ross, baya ezantsi kubalo ngaphandle kwesaziso. Kuyacaca ukuba isizathu sokuba bonke baxubeke kwi-debacle efana UFrank noLola kwindawo yokuqala yaba luhambo oluhlawulelwa imali oluya eParis. Ngamanye amaxesha, kwishishini leemovie, nokuba ibhombu inezixhobo.
