Clayface was certainly as described by the creatives, a rollercoaster. It slowly sets the stage and rightly so for the villain. But once you're on the precipice of that drop, it's a long way down from the top for Matt Hagen with both a very entertaining unravelling of Hagen's psyche that builds on the horror elements with a good momentum. It's a sympathetic villain story that doesn't betray the melancholic evolution and necessary plunge into all out villain. Hagen arc is a great synergy of both by the culmination of the story. The plot had clear influences and creative flair from the gruesome body horror of The Fly, of course Feat of Clay, to the killings of the One Bad Day comic and beyond. It embraces the strengths of those but in turn the structure ends up feeling familiar and straightforward. Visually I feel a bit mixed. The cinematography was great, and the way the movie captures Hagen's gruesome moments really put you on edge - but the tone and visual style of Gotham felt at times both something I was excited by, and at other times like I was left wanting more distinct and with even more identity. The movie truly has such a winner with Tom Rhys Harries, he uplifts it in so many ways with his performance. It just gets more enjoyable along the way, and the nightclub sequence gets truly chaotic in the best way - You're rooting for the villainy at this point and it captured Clayface in his element so well. Naomi Ackie is really good and I enjoyed the somewhat Frankenstein's Monster dynamic that played out. The other characters beyond that felt more functional to the plot than memorable. There's so much more I can say but we'll get into that in a full review on the channel 🦇