Too Old to Die Young

I loved it, but this is the definition of "not for everyone"

It's about female empowerment in a world that is enormously dark and male-dominated. The idea of what is going on in the U.S. with men and women…where it's about the control of female bodies or how women are objectified, there's a sense of hatred I sensed and it terrified me as I have a wife and daughters. It was also very important that everything that was macabre and mayhem was also spread out between men and women; that's really what life is. How do you accept all forms of sexuality being objectified? And how do you ac__cept all victims in all forms of sexuality rather than narrowing it down to one group that dominates?

• Nicolas Winding Refn; "Nicolas Winding Refn's Noir Series Too Old To Die Young: It's All About Teens & Female Empowerment" (Anthony D'Alessandro); Deadline (March 20, 2019)

Created by Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher; Bleeder; Fear X; Bronson; Valhalla Rising; Drive; Only God Forgives; The Neon Demon), and comic book writer Ed Brubaker (creator of the Winter Soldier character), and directed by Refn, Too Old To Die Young is the definition of "not for everyone". Much as Twin Peaks: The Return was David Lynch unleashed, TOTDY is Refn sans restrictions, representing the purest yet expression of his aesthetic sensibilities and thematic concerns. If you thought Only God was slow and plodding, all style and no substance, and pretentiously self-indulgent, then TOTDY is not for you, simple as that, as it makes Only God look like an action-packed mainstream summer blockbuster. Running for 13 hours across the course of 10 episodes (which range in length from 79 minutes to 23 minutes), Refn regards it as "a 13-hour movie" and insists that it is not a television show (he regards television and streaming as different mediums, and TOTDY aired on Amazon's Prime Video streaming service). Either way, whether show or film, I loved it. The aesth...