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Nihilism implies an utter destruction of beliefs and values associated with moral and traditional social structures. Capitalism and consumerism are significant parts of our culture and society but the characters in the film exhibit a disgust towards these ideologies, by rejecting them completely. Mirroring the violence of the 90s, the protagonists of the film reject the notion of violence being a bad thing. Pain, or other sensory experiences becomes the means to awaken to real life. The characters live dangerously without considering societal norms. There is a rejection of God. It is a fact that atheism is closely related to nihilism. Without God, morality doesn’t exist. God is dead, irrelevant to the characters (Rstander,