Henry Lighton's Pillion starts off well enough. A mysterious motorcycle biker (Alexander Skarsgard) zips on the highway, curiously watched by a fascinated man (Henry Melling) from the backseat of a car. Soon thereafter, a quartet performs Christmas songs at a British pub, a place where both men from the earlier scene happen to be. For no reason at all, the smaller one is passed a note from the large, muscular biker. Numbers are exchanged, and curiosities aroused, to say the least.
The movie includes a few semi-graphic sex scenes, which may not be everyone's cup of tea. Far from being classified as 'sexy,' I found them redundant and unnecessarily long. Most of the reviews claim Pillion to be "hilarious." How I wish it was so; I found it dreary at times, and fascinating to a far lesser effect. I'm not saying it's a failure; it merely presents the protagonist's arc in ways that I could not entirely understand. As of the writing of this review, this movie holds a 100% RT score (from 82 reviews). Overrated? I'd say yes; but it's not the first film to be overhyped, and (sadly) not the last.
☆☆1/2
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