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'Crimes of the Future' is a gut check : Pop Culture Happy Hour Crimes of the Future marks director David Cronenberg's return to the body horror genre. The film is set in a dystopian future where humans no longer feel pain, as they are evolving to adapt to a world riddled with synthetic chemicals. Viggo Mortensen stars as a man who spontaneously grows new organs. Together with his partner, played by Léa Seydoux, he turns the tattooing, surgical removal and display of these organs into performance art.

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'Crimes of the Future' is a gut check

'Crimes of the Future' is a gut check

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Kristen Stewart and Léa Seydoux star in David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future. Nikos Nikolopoulos/Neon hide caption

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Kristen Stewart and Léa Seydoux star in David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future.

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Crimes of the Future marks director David Cronenberg's return to the body horror genre. The film is set in a dystopian future where humans no longer feel pain, as they are evolving to adapt to a world riddled with synthetic chemicals. Viggo Mortensen stars as a man who spontaneously grows new organs. Together with his partner, played by Léa Seydoux, he turns the tattooing, surgical removal and display of these organs into performance art.