Sune Reinhardt "Mighty Antlers" (2011)

Mighty Antlers is another impressive film from Denmark's The Animation Workshop.  The directors (Sune Reinhardt, Mikael Ilnæs, Michael L. Fonsholt and Jouko Keskitalo) stage a fight to the finish between a reincarnated demon with antlers and the brutish driver of a vehicle who attempts to mow down a stag in his path. All the force and intensity of the car crash is conveyed in a frankly epic struggle between two brutes, muscles rippling, soundtrack blasting. Frankly I was not for one moment curious about the possibilities of the encounter, whether for instance all this was internalised fantasies of a traumatised brain, or of motive, did the driver intend to to kill the deer. Essentially the film falls into the category of all-out violence: well made, stylised to a degree, no holds barred. The increasing synchronisation between duel and crash makes for quite a film.