{"id":108977,"date":"2019-07-05T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=108977"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:54:33","slug":"the-furies-eiff-2019-film-review-the-running-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-furies-eiff-2019-film-review-the-running-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Furies EIFF 2019 film review: the running woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Furies<\/i> is a curious mix of slashers, <strong><i>The Running Man<\/i><\/strong> and <strong><i>Predators<\/i><\/strong>. Kayla (Airlie Dodds) is <\/span><span class=\"s2\">kidnapped, waking up in a coffin-like box in the Australian wilderness. Meeting a few other young women who barely know more about their mysterious circumstances, Kayla tries to both locate her fellow kidnapped friend and evade the grotesque masked maniacs hunting them. An epilepsy-sufferer, Kayla has fits that reveal that the women\u2019s armed pursuers may be tracking their movements through implanted cameras. And they may not be the only ones watching this most dangerous game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Greek mythology, the Erinyes, also known as \u2018The Furies\u2019, were three goddesses of vengeance, dispensing punishment upon those perceived as doing wrong. In <strong><i>The Furies<\/i><\/strong>, Kayla repeatedly finds herself in scenarios where she\u2019s paired up with two other women. At various points, a member of whichever trio she\u2019s in during a particular act of the film tends to display a key characteristic relevant to one of the three goddesses. Elsewhere, a major character introduction is framed against \u2018Fuck Patriarchy\u2019 graffiti and, by this writer\u2019s count, there\u2019s no dialogue from a man until the denouement, nor the unmasked face of one until then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The overriding concern of this all-female focused story, then, would seem to be one of women rising up against the cruel systems in which their fate is determined by the machinations of monstrous men. Kayla, at one point, asks why this had to happen to them, to which someone succinctly responds, \u201cBecause it\u2019s a fucked-up world full of fucked-up men.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the extensive nods to a feminist through line are admirable, they ultimately come across as mere lip service in light of the wider execution, with just one such example concerning the literal executions: the relishing in the destruction of these women\u2019s bodies via admittedly strong practical effects jars with the messages. And while Dodds is a compelling presence, she can only inject so much energy into the convoluted mess.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony D&#8217;Aquino&#8217;s The Furies is The Running Man meets Predators rolled into a slasher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":108979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2617,8],"tags":[6519],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-05-at-11.53.08.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}