The Internet is a wonderful tool, but like any tool it has drawbacks. It’s a place where everyone—and every idea—has a voice. But in our increasingly isolated and polarized world where we have free access to all these ideas, sometimes the wrong ones take root. That’s when things can turn ugly.

Although sometimes you find a kernel of truth.

Those are some of the ideas wrapped up in Bugonia, a new film from Yorgos Lanthimos that opens nationwide today. On its surface it’s a simple enough story and exploration. But, soon enough, it devolves into a wild ride that goes to some surprising places.

To begin, we meet Teddy (Jesse Plemons), who has had a hard life. He’s suffered—some of which we can tell and more of which we learn about through the film. It’s forced him to look for answers, which has led him to some dark places.

Now, he’s recruited his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) to help in a new mission. Don is a sweet, simple man who loves his cousin. And Teddy is leading him down a path that he hopes will save humanity from a current alien invasion. That requires capturing one, to force it to lead them to its ship, where Teddy wants to plead for the future of humanity.

They snatch Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone). Teddy believes that she is an alien that can be their key to his plan. She’s also the CEO of the company that employs Teddy, and that created the drug that put his mother in a coma. Is this part of a plan? Is it revenge? Maybe a little of both?

As Teddy and Don try to make headway, Michelle pleads her case. It leads to a challenging back-and-forth as Teddy tries to get to the truth.

This film is based on the 2003 film Save The Green Planet! It is based on a script from Will Tracy, who wrote The Menu, and worked on Succession and The Regime. That accounts for the black comedy in this film that adds some fun twists to the action.

It also moves at a good pace with a great look and some great tension. Lanthimos knows his way around a wild and quirky story. This film has that in spades, doing a great job building the world and the tension in the early going before unleashing a wild finish.

Plemons and Stone—both veterans of Lanthimos productions—are great in the lead roles. Their back-and-forth is some of the best of the film. I appreciated Delbis, too. He’s the softest and most human of the three main leads, and the resolution of his story his particularly hard because of the beautiful performance.

I was into the way this film was produced and the sharp dialogue and sequences. Then we hit the end sequence. It’s unexpected and a gory shift that works well enough. The final twist at the end is a lot of fun, too. Though it seems to undermine some of the explorations of themes that run through the middle of the film.

In the end, this is a well-made film that is a wild ride. I enjoyed my time in this world, and I think those who are fans of Lanthimos will have a lot of fun, too.

Bugonia is now playing nationwide.

Matthew Fox is a graduate of the Radio, Television and Film program at Biola University, and a giant nerd. He spends his free time watching movies, TV, and obsessing about football. He is a member of the FSWA. You can find him @knighthawk7734 on Twitter and as co-host of the Fantasy Football Roundtable Podcast.