Moloss
Your mission is worth more than all.
A sixty-year-old who has always obediently followed the rules, suffers an existential burnout. He has always done his part and, in his own modest way, has worked for a better society. But that society has hit rock bottom and our former good Samaritan is no longer in the mood for concessions. Moloss is his name and he’s got a mission: to cure the world of a very human disease. But his method could not differ more from those of Gandhi or Mother Theresa. He’s certainly not turning the other cheek. His approach is a lot more direct, not to say radical. His very personal spin on the tactic of the scorched earth to make way for a better future implicates not only his daughter Doianna and his ex-wife Veronica, but many others who didn’t plan any revolution. Is he out of his mind? Desperate? Dangerous? Perhaps all three, but in his defense, it’s our society that has started it!
Summary
Moloss (2022) follows a sixty-year-old man who has spent his life trying to be responsible, useful, and obedient to society’s rules. A modest good Samaritan, he has worked, made compromises, and believed that small acts of decency could help build a better world. But as the society around him appears increasingly corrupt, hostile, and broken, he reaches a point of profound existential burnout. His patience runs out, and the values that once guided him begin to give way to anger and radical conviction. Taking the name Moloss, he sets out on a personal mission to cure the world of what he sees as a distinctly human disease. His idea of social change has little in common with the peaceful resistance associated with Gandhi or Mother Teresa. Instead, he embraces a far more confrontational and destructive approach, convinced that the old order must be cleared away before anything better can emerge. Whether he is a visionary, a desperate man in crisis, or a genuine danger to those around him remains deliberately uncertain. Moloss’s crusade soon affects the people closest to him, including his daughter, Doianna, and his ex-wife, Veronica, neither of whom has signed up for his revolution. Their relationships give the film an intimate counterpoint to its broader social critique, showing how political and moral extremism can invade ordinary family life. As Moloss presses forward, his actions raise uncomfortable questions about the difference between principled rebellion and personal collapse. The film is a dark, provocative portrait of alienation and radicalization. It examines what happens when a person who has faithfully played by the rules concludes that the rules themselves are responsible for society’s failures. At the same time, it questions whether righteous anger can ever justify cruelty, and whether destroying a broken system creates the possibility of renewal or simply spreads the damage. Moloss balances bleak social commentary with the unsettling portrait of a man who may be both a product of his environment and accountable for what he chooses to do.
