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Michelle (Leonarda Sahani) and Steve (Billy James Machin) have booked a
posh London apartment to celebrate their anniversary, but while the
slightly arrogant landlord (Tony Denham) still shows them around, another
couple, French Adrienne (Charlotte Gould) and Christophe (Christophe
Delesques) show up at the apartment and claim they've rented it - and it
turns out the place has indeed been double booked. No big problem since
the place has two bedroom's anyhow, and the landlord offers the first
night for free and then figure out something for one of the couples, plus
free dinner and wine. Now Steve is very pissed about that as it ruins all
his plans, but Michelle wants to make the best out of it and suggests to
spend the evening together with the other couple - and while Michelle is
soon having fun, Steve doesn't feel all that comfortable in their company
... and he's on the money, because Adrienne and Christophe soon drug
Michelle and Steve, then have sex with them. The next morning, when Steve
wakes up and starts to remember last night, he goes ballistic, and the way
Adrienne and Christophe mock him doesn't make things better - and soon
everything turns violent - and all this would be bad enough in itself, but
on top of it it was controlled by outside forces ... Now this
might read like a straight-forward erotic thriller about jealousy and
revenge, but while it ticks all the boxes, Exit is not, it's much
more of a psychosexual puzzle that really draws one in on an intellectual
level and due to it's often associative rather than linear editing style,
it really manages to hold one's attention. And that paired with a very
stylized direction that seems enjoyably out of time (in a timeless way)
makes this one fascinating watch, which is of course also helped by a
strong ensemble cast. It's not your everyday thriller, that's for sure,
but if you're into the unusual, this one's a must-see!
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