Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Kaboom
2010
***½
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, Roxane Mesquida, Brennan Mejia, James Duval, Kelly Lynch, Chris Zylka

Smith, an 18-year-old film student, and his circle of friends are preoccupied with sex, whether it's gay, straight or bi. Smith also has a weird, recurrent dream, but is it somehow linked to the shady figures who move around the campus wearing animal masks? Gregg Araki's wonderfully unpredictable film moves fluidly from sex comedy to gory horror to paranoia thriller to goofy science fiction. One moment it deals with teenage angst and sexual identity, the next it has a witch giving cunnilingus. The conclusion is totally ridiculous, but until then it's good fun.