The Doom Generation Critics Choice 2025
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
5 Jul 2025 (Sat)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
83 Minutes
Language
English
Subtitle
Chinese
Director
Gregg Araki
Cast
James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech
Synopsis
“Sex. Mayhem. Whatever.” —Tagline of THE DOOM GENERATION
While searching for bigger highs while travelling from “Hell” nightclub to“Heaven” drive-in theatre, Amy and Jordan’s hazy night is rudely interrupted by handsome drifter Xavier, who forces himself upon the couple as a third wheel. Like a walking disaster, Xavier creates death even while shopping in a convenience store. Now forced to run from the law with Xavier, Amy and Jordan are caught in a spiral of absurd violence and intense sex on the road.New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki’s first independent project with a considerable budget boasts a collage of miscellaneous iconographies – Dr.Martens boots and samurai swords; the American national anthem and shoegaze; and Doritos chips and Diet Coke – to show the untamable wills of its three protagonists. Riding across the desolate empty landscape of California, three souls with no future create a brief but timeless spark before inevitable doom. Still as provocative and shocking as when it was first released, the film doesn’t set out to please audiences; it stings them(thrillingly) and asks a pressing contemporary question: “Where is our future?”
With a 10–15-minute introduction in Cantonese by music critic Yuen Chi-chung & film critic David Chan.
While searching for bigger highs while travelling from “Hell” nightclub to“Heaven” drive-in theatre, Amy and Jordan’s hazy night is rudely interrupted by handsome drifter Xavier, who forces himself upon the couple as a third wheel. Like a walking disaster, Xavier creates death even while shopping in a convenience store. Now forced to run from the law with Xavier, Amy and Jordan are caught in a spiral of absurd violence and intense sex on the road.New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki’s first independent project with a considerable budget boasts a collage of miscellaneous iconographies – Dr.Martens boots and samurai swords; the American national anthem and shoegaze; and Doritos chips and Diet Coke – to show the untamable wills of its three protagonists. Riding across the desolate empty landscape of California, three souls with no future create a brief but timeless spark before inevitable doom. Still as provocative and shocking as when it was first released, the film doesn’t set out to please audiences; it stings them(thrillingly) and asks a pressing contemporary question: “Where is our future?”
With a 10–15-minute introduction in Cantonese by music critic Yuen Chi-chung & film critic David Chan.
“Sex. Mayhem. Whatever.” —Tagline of THE DOOM GENERATION
While searching for bigger highs while travelling from “Hell” nightclub to“Heaven” drive-in theatre, Amy and Jordan’s hazy night is rudely interrupted by handsome drifter Xavier, who forces himself upon the couple as a third wheel. Like a walking disaster, Xavier creates death even while shopping in a convenience store. Now forced to run from the law with Xavier, Amy and Jordan are caught in a spiral of absurd violence and intense sex on the road.New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki’s first independent project with a considerable budget boasts a collage of miscellaneous iconographies – Dr.Martens boots and samurai swords; the American national anthem and shoegaze; and Doritos chips and Diet Coke – to show the untamable wills of its three protagonists. Riding across the desolate empty landscape of California, three souls with no future create a brief but timeless spark before inevitable doom. Still as provocative and shocking as when it was first released, the film doesn’t set out to please audiences; it stings them(thrillingly) and asks a pressing contemporary question: “Where is our future?”
With a 10–15-minute introduction in Cantonese by music critic Yuen Chi-chung & film critic David Chan.
While searching for bigger highs while travelling from “Hell” nightclub to“Heaven” drive-in theatre, Amy and Jordan’s hazy night is rudely interrupted by handsome drifter Xavier, who forces himself upon the couple as a third wheel. Like a walking disaster, Xavier creates death even while shopping in a convenience store. Now forced to run from the law with Xavier, Amy and Jordan are caught in a spiral of absurd violence and intense sex on the road.New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki’s first independent project with a considerable budget boasts a collage of miscellaneous iconographies – Dr.Martens boots and samurai swords; the American national anthem and shoegaze; and Doritos chips and Diet Coke – to show the untamable wills of its three protagonists. Riding across the desolate empty landscape of California, three souls with no future create a brief but timeless spark before inevitable doom. Still as provocative and shocking as when it was first released, the film doesn’t set out to please audiences; it stings them(thrillingly) and asks a pressing contemporary question: “Where is our future?”
With a 10–15-minute introduction in Cantonese by music critic Yuen Chi-chung & film critic David Chan.
