Movie

The Plastic Men

2026

A heavy, disorienting plunge into a veteran's paranoid mind, where guilt and delusion blur reality and hope feels fragile.

Tagline: No one commits suicide because they want to die. They do it to stop... something.
Overview: Vietnam veteran Jonathan Teller suffers from guilt and paranoid delusions. He decides to take his own life, but as he struggles to come to terms with his choice and reality, a chance encounter changes everything.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, trauma, isolation, death
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and gore. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
trauma
isolation
death
madness
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none