Although it seemed to take me a decade to get around to it, I am finally coming here to speak on the ever-anticipated Twisted Pair by our lord and savior Neil Breen. Disclaimer: I will try my best in my posts not to give away any spoilers in any media made within the past five years. Past that, it’s your fault if you couldn’t find the time to look into it. I will, of course, normally post a spoiler tag at the top to warn anyone if I feel I need to describe key points to sufficiently support my roasts and hot takes. That being said, I think you’re safe with this movie, even with its release date only being about four years ago in 2018. I couldn’t even explain what this movie is really about if I wanted to. As my friend who introduced me to this movie, and to Mr. Breen himself, said, “Neil Breen isn’t really known for his plots.” All I’m saying is I learned more from the one-sentence Wikipedia description than I did from actually watching the movie all the way through.

My best way to describe the Neil Breen experience is like if you were watching The Room, but extracted the already limp plot from it. There is less cohesion than a YouTube video of Vine compilations. While this may be true, I really believe that is the charm of Breen’s movies, such as Twisted Pair. You never know what will happen next and there are so many iconicly delivered lines in this movie such as any time “programmable, virtual reality” (whatever that means) is inserted, which is a lot, and *trigger warning: emotional* “Everyone has the right to be loved. Everyone has the right to love…and peace,” which is uttered by Breen as he stands in a very “realistic,” purple, glowing forest, looking straight into our souls.

As I mentioned before, the plot is hazy at best. There are definitely two twins, both played by Breen, who you find out are AI (I think?), or at least some type of science fiction related something. I’m sure if I watched the movie again I could maybe figure it out, but please don’t make me. The Breen experience is a one-time watch kind of thing. Anyway, with Neil Breen’s eye for detail, he has one twin with rolled up sleeves and the other with their sleeves down so they can be distinguished. Of course, he makes sure to help those of us with a less fine eye as he also gives Cale, the “evil” twin, a very realistic-looking beard and mustache. You also meet the love interests of both of the twins and, honestly, I have forgotten both of their names the same way you will consistently forget they exist in the movie at all. Really, anyone else involved in the movie that isn’t Breen just kind of has a way of melting away. I guess Breen just has that much star power!

Like I was saying, the two twins seem to have been separated at some point for some reason and are no longer in each other’s lives. That, of course, changes as the movie progresses. Now, the thing is, there are at least a few villains in this movie. There’s some guy with a bowl of diamonds whose actor is randomly switched for one scene which is never explained. There is also Cale, as well, except he seems to be more of a vigilante of sorts. He does torture some businessmen, but they seem to be shady so like “eat the rich” right? I’m not totally sure why he captures them or what shady stuff they’ve been into, but “Yay, go Cale!” I guess. Also, Neil’s “good twin” character is always being chased by some henchmen near the end, so I feel like maybe there’s another villain too? Oh well, if you figure anything out about this movie, please explain it to me because I never knew what was going on, but, like, in a fun way!

While you could say the plot is “lacking,” you have to hand it to Breen as he does all his own stunts. Well, actually, he basically does everything on his own it seems. At the end of the movie, there is a list of companies that helped create this movie, but it seems they are just a bunch of companies he made up to be associated with his production company. The dedication, the brilliance, the ingenuity! This man is the face of the future really, and I can say that future is looking bright. I mean, this man knows all about “programmable, virtual reality,” or at least he knows those words, so that’s something.

Does this movie have any discerning plot? No. Will you learn anything about actual AI? Of course not! But, will you be able to watch a scene where you think AI-version Breen is going to make out with a bird? Actually, yes. And will you have a good time watching whatever the hell that scene is and every other bit of insanity wrapped up in this single movie? You should expect nothing less. I will say that having a buddy who appreciates bad…I mean “unique”…films definitely enhance the experiences so I’d set up a movie night pronto! Just be warned that there is so much photoshop happening in this movie that you will begin to question what is real in the movie and maybe even in real life. If you have trust issues, prepare for them to worsen as you start to wonder if we’re all just living in a huge photoshopped world too.

Alright, well, BRB while I go practice how to emulate the sexy saunter Breen has when he walks away 😉

Status: Definitely worth it! Double the Neils, double the enjoyment!

Kisses,

Elle