Overview"Tusk" is a 2014 movie directed by Kevin Smith, a master of unconventional storytelling. This dark and disturbing horror-comedy stars Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, and Genesis Rodriguez. The film is a twisted tale that focuses on Wallace Bryton (Justin Long), a podcaster who interviews weird and fascinating people, Howard Howe (Michael Parks), a psychopathic seafarer who pines for his long-lost walrus companion, and Teddy (Haley Joel Osment) and Ally (Genesis Rodriguez), Wallace's friends who are trying to find him after he goes missing out on.
PlotWallace Bryton, co-host of a podcast, decides to fly to Canada to interview a young man called Kill Bill Kid, who unintentionally cut off his leg with a katana throughout a homemade video. When his subject all of a sudden dies, Wallace discovers a handbill from a seafarer appealing stories of a lifetime. His interest ignited, Wallace takes a trip to the far North to satisfy the strange Howard Howe.
As the night progresses, Howe drugs Wallace and shares the awful tale of his friendship with a walrus named Mr. Tusk, who conserved him after a shipwreck. Upon getting up, Wallace finds his left leg cut off, and he finds out of Howe's perverse plan to transform him into a walrus. Trying to leave the unimaginable scary, Wallace tries to call his girlfriend, Ally and best friend, Teddy. Neither of them presumes the unrefined reality about their missing friend.
Turn of EventsWhen Ally and Teddy show up in Canada to discover Wallace, they hire the eccentric investigator Guy Lapointe (Johnny Depp), who has experience with Howe's sinister games. Together, they uncover disturbing realities about Howe's past while attempting to find him and conserve Wallace.
The movie takes an unrelenting dive into horror, as Howe continues his harsh transformation of Wallace into a walrus. In Spite Of Ally, Teddy, and Lapointe's determined efforts, they arrive far too late. Wallace has actually become a monstrous aberration and in a heartbreaking twist, it becomes apparent he could not be brought back to his human type.
ConclusionThe movie ends tragically, with Ally and Teddy mourning their pal as they visit him in his brand-new environment, a personal wildlife appointment. Unable to rescue Wallace from the perverse experience caused by Howe, they offer him business and food, leaving the audience coming to grips with a dark and visceral story.
"Tusk" is a film that challenges traditional storytelling, satirizing conventional horror conventions while supplying a visceral blend of scary and funny. It delivers a special mix of over-the-top absurdity, worry, and pathos in a really shocking story.
Critique"Tusk" is not for the faint-hearted. The film's disturbing cocktail of scary and dark humor has actually proven dissentious, with some discovering the severe narrative engagingly nutty and others resenting its grotesque body horror. The acting performance, particularly from Parks, is applauded, and Smith's adventurous filmmaking shows he's unafraid to press boundaries to provoke audiences. If ever there was a film that exhibits the adage, "not for everyone", it is undoubtedly Tusk. Its exceptionally over-the-top premise and graphic images produce a film you will not soon forget.
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