When word got out that Joker would offer a very different take on the DC Universe, no-one was quite prepared for this extraordinarily bold take on the Joker concept. Not only does it succeed in delivering Todd Phillips's uniquely harsh extrapolation of mental illness and urban violence (a Taxi Driver for the modern age?) in a powerful and shocking way, but it is also a hugely entertaining masterclass in technique - direction, cinematography, music/sound and editing are all masterful and superbly realised. The depth of Joaquin Phoenix's characterisation here truly delivers one man's compulsion and helpless mental destruction which is hauntingly painful and utterly entrancing to watch. This brutally powerful film resonates long after its provocative conclusion.
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