Picture the scene.
A loud club run by someone named Victor Szabo.
Matt just steals his dad's face to trick a gangster.
Wild, right?
Or maybe that didn't happened.
No spoilers here, so who is to say?
The internet claim the director, James Watkins, originally wanted way more of Paul for a 2025 release.
They want you to chew on heavy ideas like free will and parental baggage.
But come on.
Do we really need a philosophy class when we are watching a guy turn into mud?
I argue we do not.
Supposedly, the team later changed their minds.
Somebody looked at action flicks like John Wick and decided that punching people is more fun than crying about your dad.
You might argue that skipping the deep family trauma is a lazy choice.
I say give me the fists.
Who cares about generational curses when a brawl looks that neat?
Well, maybe the writers care.
And get this.
The director reportedly insists that Matt Hagen is just a normal, well-balanced person at heart.
Right.
A shapeshifting monster is balanced?
Sure, and I own a bridge in Brooklyn.
They want us to spot everyday human resilience hidden inside a horror show.
You can buy that angle if you want to.
Or you can just laugh at the absurdity.
I choose chaos.
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