Basically functioning as a feature-length music video for The Weeknd, this artsy psychological thriller is a bit like a Lynch-coded version of Purple Rain.
A drug-addled pop singer (Abel Tesfaye, playing himself) suffers from vocal cord strain and an impending nervous breakdown from a toxic relationship, when he meets an adoring, possibly unhinged fan after one of his shows. This film might be striving at something more than skin deep, but it still can't help feeling like a puffed-up vanity piece for exploring one's demons on screen.
2 blinding lights out of 5
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