Wild Tales
Title sure isn't misleading.
Wild Tales came out in 2014, and I recently stumbled upon it, and all I can say is wow. When I say the title isn’t misleading, I really mean it. The film reminded me of Black Mirror and the Final Destination series, combined. The amount of foreshadowing, pettiness, and unpredictability, made this movie great. With that being said, I’ll score this movie an 8/10.
If you haven’t even heard of the movie, I’ll sum it up real quick. The movie shows six different tales, with no correlation between them whatsoever. So, with each of the tales you’re going in completely blind, only knowing that something bad is going to happen.
The first starts off with a bunch of people boarding a plane, which seems normal until they all realize they are somehow connected to a man named Gabriel Pasternak. They all have done him wrong in some way, ranging from cheating on him to destroying his music career, failing him back in elementary school, and the flight attendant, who so happened to reject him that morning. It comes up that none of them had booked that flight, just going on it because of work or because it was changed. That’s when the flight attendant starts freaking out, and explains that Pasternak locked himself in the cockpit. Everyone starts getting upset, noticing the plane declining in altitude, then at the end, we see two older people (I’m assuming were his parents) sitting outside, as the plane comes crashing down onto them.
Now, you’re probably thinking, what the heck? Yeah, that was my first thought too, and now I know to be nicer to people from now on.
The other stories feature a waitress and a loan shark who happened to ruin her family’s life, now she has a dilemma about whether or not she should kill him. Another was about a road rage incident gone extremely wrong, a demolition expert’s life falling apart after his car is towed, rich parents trying to cover up the tracks of their son after he murders a pregnant woman in a hit-and-run, and a wedding where a bride finds out about her husband’s infidelity.
As you’ve noticed, I didn’t go into too much detail because I think the movie’s worth watching. The acting, cinematography, and plots are all great. They’re a bit dramatic at moments, which you probably picked up on with the first tale, which is also why I didn’t give it a perfect 10. It’s one of the movies that is so random and dramatic that you end up loving it. Would I give it a rewatch? Yes, just to pick up on any foreshadowing in the other tales. I also wanted to acknowledge how funny this movie is. In tale two, the one about the waitress and the loanshark, one of the first lines is this:
Moza: Good evening, a table for one?
Cuenca: I see you're good at math.
When I tell you I snorted. I would never get smart with a waitress/hostess like that, so when you find out how horrible the loanshark actually is, his response makes a lot of sense. Even back in the first tale, I found myself chuckling at how petty Gabriel Pasternak is to get all those people on a plane for that. Do you realize how much planning that would take? The amount of brainpower put into that puts any petty thing I’ve done to shame. I’m starting to question whoever put this movie together, they’ve got some serious grudges that need to be worked out.
This movie is honestly amazing and I totally recommend watching it if you’re okay with handling a lot of death. I will say that it isn’t that gory though, it has its moments, but a queasy person should be able to get through it. With that being said, I hope you enjoyed this movie review, see you next week unless I mysteriously get booked on a flight!