head rush

This paranormal ritual provides a harrowing and ultimately addictive head rush, and becomes the hottest new house party craze in town, spreading like wildfire on Snapchat with videos of teens seizing and choking, black pupils as large as quarters staring vacantly.

We might feel dizzy and light-headed, get a head rush and also feel elated or giggly.

Vu’s awareness of how bodies can dynamically move within space is a key asset in this action-packed subversion of the superhero subgenre, giving “Head Rush” the kind of pulpy, B-movie fun missing from today’s cinematic landscape.

“Head Rush,” from the Vietnamese American director Victor Vu, is a melodramatic adrenaline hit that combines soap opera family dynamics — as Tam’s fame grows, his personal life crumbles — with gravity-defying chase sequences atop roofs that lead to balletic fight scenes.

“Head Rush” could use some of the self-aware ridiculousness of Sam Raimi’s superhero pictures, which are heightened in ways that are equal parts exciting and hilarious.