There are two reasons why I wanted to see this movie. One, it had a high rating of 8.1 and two it was considered a high probability of being selected for the award of best film, for Michelle Yeoh for best actress, for Jamie Lee Curtis for best supporting actress and for Ke Huey Kwan for best supporting actor. While the acting awards seemed justified since the acting was good, I have very strong reservations about the best picture bit. The movie described in Wikipedia as an "absurdist science fiction comedy drama" is extremely difficult to sit through and a torturous watch for most of the time. It can be described as inane, bizarre, aweful, nonsensical, chaotic, crazy, strange, trite, mind numbing, cringe worthy and basically an assault on the senses which drains you physically and mentally. After the first 40 minutes starts the madness which gets worse with time. The fights, the VFX, the fast paced martial arts, the high decibel music are okay for some time but it gets excruciating if one has to sit through for 2 hour 19 minutes of runtime. I was disappointed big time. The background of a parallel universe with virtual reality didn't help to make things interesting and made it look strange. The disjointed, meandering and confusing narrative and the superfast editing pace had me flummoxed. What a mess it looked.