Exclusive: The ‘Rondo’ Trailer Teases One Of The Most Extreme Movies Of The Year
As we gear up for some authentic Canadian poutine and cinematic oddities at Montreal’s 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival, /Film has an exclusive first look at one of the programmed titles. The movie is calledRondo, written and directed byDrew Barnhardt. It’s been described as “the most extreme film at Fantasia 2018, and likely to be the most controversial” by the same insider who singled outRyan Prows’Lowlifeas a must-see underdog at last year’s event. “Hardcore independent cinema from the heart of Middle America, and it pulls absolutely no punches.” Oh? I’m all ears and eyes.
Check out the firstNSFW trailerfor Mr. Barnhardt’sRondobelow.
Rondo Trailer
I’m immediately slapped with a grimyLowlifevibe, only a bit saucier. “Sex. Murder. Revenge.” Emphasis on the sex with provocative showings of skin, swinging sledgehammers and spilled blood representing the latter two descriptors. We hear “Stay on the plastic” repeated to a synthy beat, which I’m sure plays into uttered instructions by a killer trying to keep his crime scene spic-and-span. Mix in some other gratuitous grindhouse staples like a lingerie model waving around her assault rifle, and you’ve got what assumes to be a catastrophic collision of miscreants abound. Certainly not ordinary, as the trailer narration suggests.
It’s noted thatRondowas shot in Denver, Colorado, and is billed as a suspenseful comedy that meanders away from safe spaces (I’m sure an abandon of political correctness isn’t far behind). Knowing the wide range of genre fare that Fantasia supplies, expect crudeness by way of degenerate, downright uncouth moments crafted for midnight cesspools. Frankly I don’t know what to expect based solely on this criminally crazed trailer – and who doesn’t love that feeling? We’ll have to see what performersBrenna Otts,Gena Shaw,Ketrick “Jazz” Copelandand more have in store for us.
Rondowill premiere at the 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival, which runs from July 12th to August 1st.
