Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Under the Skin’

Written by Scott Edwards 

People have different ways in which they learn. Being a part time instructor before, I have noticed many different traits that people have and none of them are wrong, they are just different. I am the firm believer that writing things down and then doing them is the best way for someone to retain the information, but I have found that it is not the same for everyone. Whichever method is yours, stick with it and don’t let anyone influence you to change it. You have found a way to learn and retain knowledge since you were a child and no matter the situation, it works for you and changing it later in life might truly mess with your learning curve.

A woman is brought a dead body to start her transformation. Taking the dead woman’s clothes, she dresses up to make her way into the public eye, but is looking for something more. Getting to the local market, she finds the clothes that in her mind are more appropriate for her mission and once she is ready, she takes to the streets to find her first victim. Keeping an eye out for men walking alone, she stops and asks directions to either the next town or to the local supermarket. Offering the men a ride to their final destination, she starts asking more questions about their life and when finding out that they are single, she lays on the seduction.

When she is able to get a suitor that is ready to make the conversation a little more physical, she takes them to her place and shows them everything that they want to see. Never allowing the man to have full contact with her, she stays several steps in front of them and while walking towards her, they are pulled into a holding tank for further evaluation. The mission does not persist of just one man, it will take several to gain the information she has been sent to receive, so she continues to take to the streets. While at the beach, she finds a man that is free from the seduction mold when she sees him put himself in harm’s way to save a family from drowning in the water. Figuring out that there is more happening in these men’s mind than just pleasures of the flesh, she is reprogrammed by her master to keep working and at a faster pace.

When picking up a man with a deformed face who has no friends and has never been with a woman before, she sees starts to understand that there is more to these men than previously thought. Freeing the man from the holding tank, she is ready to partake in some human pleasures she has been missing out on. Trying to eat a piece of chocolate cake and becoming sick from it, she is ready to move on from her mission and do something else. Meeting at stranger at the bus stop, she is shown how a true gentleman acts around a woman and does not even try to seduce him as he treats with class. Not trying a move on the young woman, the man shows her what life is like on this planet with someone that cares for her, but when she is ready to take the relationship to the next step, she will experience more than she bargained for.

As far as Indie movies go, this one is not half bad. I have a hard time with pacing in these movies since they seem to jump around, but this one was steady and kept moving to its own beat. You need to keep your eyes and ears open when it comes to this movie, since the clues are there about what is going on, it is not spelled out for you like some movies. I was blown away by the transformation of the woman, when she sees what she is doing might be wrong and tries to get away from the man that is controlling her. The movie is shot beautifully and if you like long shots and great imagery in a movie, this one will not disappoint. Working on a mission that you do not believe in may change your outlook on what and who you believe, just remember that you should be in control of yourself and never give that up to anyone. Happy Viewing.

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