Crimes of the Future Red Band Trailer: Kristen Stewart Takes On Body Horror
The full trailer for Crimes of the Future unveils a sensational and disturbing synthetic world that Kristen Stewart must navigate in the hopes of uncovering a shadowy organization. The film marks director David Cronenberg's return to the horror genre for the first time since eXistenZ, his 1999 sci-fi feature about a video game designer and her bodyguard playing a dangerous virtual reality prototype. While best known as a leading figure in cinematic body horror with titles such as Rabid, Videodrome, and The Fly, Cronenberg's works post-eXistenZ skewed drama, no longer addressing the complex themes that his past films dared to illustrate.
Crimes of the Future, on the other hand, goes all-in on the director's preferred subject matter and concerns a human society set sometime in the future that must adapt to a synthetic environment. Viggo Mortensen stars as a performance artist whose body is undergoing a drastic transformation, displaying it publicly in shocking avant-garde shows as seen in the Crimes of the Future teaser trailer released several weeks ago. He and his partner, played by Léa Seydoux, grapple with Kristen Stewart's investigator from the National Organ Registry.
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Distributor NEON has shared the full red band trailer for the film ahead of its Cannes Film Festival premiere. It shows numerous new scenes compared to the teaser, such as Mortensen and Seydoux intertwined in bed and Stewart's character confronting Mortensen, stating, "Surgery is the new sex." Several new cast members are also revealed, including Denise Capezza, Lihi Kornowski, and Underworld actor Scott Speedman. Check out the trailer below:
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