{"id":10951,"date":"2015-03-10T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:30:39","slug":"under-the-skin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=10951","title":{"rendered":"Under the Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delving into the realm of existential science-fiction, director Jonathan Glazer<\/a> (“Sexy Beast,” “Birth”) examines what it means to be\u00a0human.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by a shadowy, silent motorcyclist, there’s an expressionless, extraterrestrial stalker (Scarlett Johansson<\/a>) on a\u00a0mission.<\/p>\n

Driving a white cargo van, this alien femme fatale roams the crowded city streets of Glasgow and the rural Scottish Highlands, wearing a black wig and clad in a fake-fur jacket, torn fishnet stockings\u00a0and<\/p>\n

stiletto heels, prowling for her chosen prey: lonely, unattached\u00a0men.<\/p>\n

When she randomly finds a compliant victim, she offers him a ride, seduces him, strips him and sinks him into an inky, inescapable void. Although murky, there’s some subtext about harvested human fillets being sent back as part of the food chain on her home\u00a0planet.<\/p>\n

Loosely based on a Michael Faber