Simulation Theory Film
Movie • 2020 • Music
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Conceived and filmed at London's O2 Arena in September 2019 the film follows a team of scientists as they investigate the source of a paranormal anomaly appearing around the world. Blurring the lines between narrative and concert film, virtual and reality, Muse's most theatrical tour to date launches the viewer through a supernatural spectacle, questioning the world around us.
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The tracks Drill Sergeant & Psycho involve verbal abuse and implies military torture to the viewers and characters alike.
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Are there jump scares?
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Live jump cuts involving the main antagonist might scare viewers.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Ambiguous ending. The main character wins, but it concludes something else on a larger scale. If you're only focusing on live performance though, it's a pretty good ending.
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Is there blood/gore?
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There is body horror for those afflicted by a disease from the incident in the film. One of the main scientist characters has a heavily deformed face and is depicted at close-up.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Most are not shaky, but there are multiple jump cuts from different cameras especially during live performances. Also, one of the prominent camera movements of rotating the camera on its own axis may induce motion sickness.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Live performances and the interstitial narrative scenes have flashing and strobing lights throughout the film.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Use of the word psycho as song title and lyric for a song about dehumanization.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A theme of the film is mass misinformation, and a scene involves controlled journalists manipulating viewers that an incident in the film did not occur, stressing that there was no threat. Multiple songs featured also follow this theme.
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Not broken, but a jaw is visibly dislocated.
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Is there gun violence?
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A clip from a music video contains a cop character carrying a bazooka-like weapon shoots at the main character, but it emits a reality-warping beam instead of a rocket.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Technically, but in an unconventional way: a character drives into a large skull's mouth and the car emerges from its cranium like a bullet.
The same character also attempts to hit a police car head on, which shots might be anxiety-inducing, but the character warps into another area in time.
The same character also attempts to hit a police car head on, which shots might be anxiety-inducing, but the character warps into another area in time.
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A car almost hits a police car at full speed. The visuals and audio imply a crash: however, both cars are unscathed, and the broken glass is actually the first car crashing into reality.
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One of the songs (Thought Contagion) has a verbatim lyric mentioning "The Final Solution" and alluding it to the events on the film. It is in a repeated verse. Does not glorify antisemitism, but is tone-deaf.
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A character has flashes of another reality and has a meltdown on stage due to a loud, overwhelming crowd.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There is a makeshift medical tent. A character is brought in a possibly anxiety-inducing way, but it is not a contemporary medical setup and is futuristic/sci-fi by design.
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The journalists depicted in the film seem to be under control by another character, and is supported by the fact that one of the journalists exhibit stress on air from after being controlled, and proceeds to claim to have been psychologically manipulated.
Meanwhile, the afflicted characters in the film are under the influence of the disease, transforming into nonhuman creatures and behaving erratically. One notable example is an afflicted scientist character becoming the host of the main antagonist.
Meanwhile, the afflicted characters in the film are under the influence of the disease, transforming into nonhuman creatures and behaving erratically. One notable example is an afflicted scientist character becoming the host of the main antagonist.
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