Robert De Niro's 123-Minute Gothic Thriller Is Officially Streaming on Netflix
A classic horror tale is told through a heightened, emotional lens.
A classic horror tale is told through a heightened, emotional lens.
The short version
- Robert De Niro is usually associated with complex, dramatic characters who make or break a film.
- Travis Bickle makes Taxi Driver (1976) feel like a bleak nightmare, Jake LaMotta turns Raging Bull (1980) into a visceral study of redemption, and young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) adds a grounded backstory for the iconic character.
- Conversely, De Niro’s turn as the detached Louis Gara in Jackie Brown (1997) sparks divisive reactions, while his more recent outings, such as Righteous Kill (2008) and Dirty Grandpa (2016), are considered objective career lows.
What happened
The film opens with a North Pole expedition in 1794. Captain Robert Walton (Aidan Quinn) and his crew are stranded after their ship is trapped in ice, but things escalate once a cloaked man named Victor Frankenstein (Branagh) emerges and starts telling his life story.
Why it matters
A deafening roar can be heard in the background, but the source isn’t revealed at this point in the story.
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