THE NEON DEMON though seems to be all style and no substance, it starts great - super visuals and soundtrack. But whatever the "thing" that teen model Jesse has and which the other models want, somehow eludes me. She just seems passive and bland, and if she is the next big thing why is she staying in a seedy, rundown motel, run by a scuzzy Keanu Reeves? Then what do we make of that large animal in her room ....
The sixteen year-old aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los
Angeles expecting to be a successful model. Photographer Dean takes photos for her portfolio and dates her. Jesse
befriends the lesbian makeup artist Ruby and then the envious models Gigi and
Sarah at a party. Meanwhile the agency considers Jesse beautiful with a
"thing" that makes her different and she is sent to the professional
photographer Jack. Jesse attracts he attention of the industry and has a
successful beginning of career. But Ruby, Gigi and Sarah are capable of doing anything to get her "thing".
There are points to be made about the fashion industry and how it devours (literally here) new talent ... but we also get long pauses as that climax unfolds. I can't say any more about that, but one is left at the end thinking is that it? Despite the grand guignol climaxes and that morgue scene, it is all rather forgettable. It is certainly though a polarising movie - some love it for the visuals and style, while others hate the story and the characters and those laughable eye-popping scenes!
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