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Aggro Dr1ft (2024) Film Review

An assassin is on a mission to kill a demonic crime lord. Aggro Dr1ft is directed by Harmony Korine director of Gummo (1997), Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), Mister Lonely (2007), Trash Humpers (2009), Spring Breakers (2013) and The Bea…
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Aggro Dr1ft (2024) Film Review

By jeromereviews1994 on August 22, 2024


An assassin is on a mission to kill a demonic crime lord.

Aggro Dr1ft is directed by Harmony Korine director of Gummo (1997), Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), Mister Lonely (2007), Trash Humpers (2009), Spring Breakers (2013) and The Beach Bum (2019). 

One of the many reasons why Harmony Korine is one of my favorite filmmakers is because you never know what you are going to get with him, you could get something narratively traditional like The Beach Bum (2022) something disturbing like Gummo (1997) or something downright bizarre like Trash Humpers (2009). Aggro Dr1ft definitely falls more in line with the bizarre territory and in the best ways possible. 

Let's get the obvious out of the way, the film is entirely in infrared photography which is an incredibly bold move because this could have easily went horribly wrong, luckily how it's executed is strangely beautiful? There's a lot of shots here that are genuinely gorgeous and actually add to the narrative of the film, as well as the narration of a tormented assassin. It's incredibly dreamlike and really does feel like we are inside somebody's head it's an incredibly clever use of infrared photography that I truly have to give credit where credit is due. 

The plot being about assassin on a mission to kill a demonic crime lord is very strangely tender and soulful, the film takes place in apocalyptic world where everything is taken over by demons, monsters and such. Most of the characters talk like NPCs from a video game (which can be incredibly hilarious) it feels like a world that truly is no longer functional, but there's a hero that steps up to the plate and uses the power of love, memory and wants to go back to his family. As the film goes on we hear more and more about thoughts, his journey and his struggles, it's a very strange direction this film takes but it actually works incredibly well in the film's favor. 

The film's score from araabMUZIK is absolutely fascinating, it fits the film incredibly well and tells the story of the film so well. There's a ton of favorite tracks here but Rejoice, Arrival, The Wild, The Awakening, Wild West Bill and my absolute favorite Medieval are the standouts. Each of the scenes that use these songs are scene stealers and really build on the film's world, speaking of which the world building is much like other parts of this film strangely effective. Even though everything is shot with Infrared photography just looking around at the backgrounds and listening to the narration is enough to give you a good idea of what this world is like. The film doesn't over explain the world, or it doesn't give all the details way immediately, it lets the viewer explore and leaves it up to the viewer what exactly is going on with this world.

Aggro Dr1ft is most certainly not going to be for everyone, staring at infrared photography for 80 minutes could be hurtful to the eyes for some, but if you are up for it I do recommend checking this one out.

Aggro Dr1ft is available on EDGLRD

10/10 A+

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