Irenaeus (c. 130 - c. 200) concluded from the widely accepted tradition that Jesus himself had descended into the
underworld of the dead before
rising bodily on the third day, that «the souls
of his disciples, for whom the Lord performed this, will depart into an unseen region, set apart for them by
God, and they will dwell there until the resurrection which they await.
Often featuring quiet men who commit savage acts while drifting through their respective worlds, his films are as hyper - violent as they are hyper - stylish — from the Viking - era brutality
of Valhalla
Rising to Bronson's dark corners
of the modern penal system to the postmodern urban
underworlds in Drive and Only
God Forgives.