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Before We Vanish film review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s alien invasion thriller examines the essence of being human
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa forgoes the alien invasion spectacle, concentrating instead on tackling some big ideas about the human condition with his usual understated precision
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa forgoes the alien invasion spectacle, concentrating instead on tackling some big ideas about the human condition with his usual understated precision
3/5 stars
One of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s best-loved films remains Pulse (2001), his paranoid nightmare about the horrors of the internet and the breakdown of human interaction. News that the Japanese director has returned to science-fiction with an alien invasion thriller similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers will almost certainly appeal to those very fans, but this emerges as a very different creature all together.