...Crimes of the Future is classic Cronenberg, but slightly disaffected. The plot, as do the characters, mixes sex with violence, asking what comes next.

David Cronenberg's cringe-inducing gore has twists that offer up some truly provocative questions about technology, the body and sexuality.

For all its nostalgic pleasures and sardonic nods, this remains a footnote to the main body of Cronenberg’s work – a playful step back rather than an evolutionary leap forward.

The masochism in Crimes of the Future is textbook and finds the director repeating himself.