Stars: Regina, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Berant Zhu | Written and Directed by Rob Jabbaz
I watched The Sadness knowing that it already had quite the reputation. I’d read parts of reviews that had spoken about the misery, the horrific and sadistic scenes, the over-the-top violence and depravity and much much more. As a long time and hardcore horror fan that has seen (almost) everything, I wasn’t expecting something pretty horrible.
I can’t say that The Sadness disappoints in that regard either. It lives up to that reputation but more on that later. Clearly influenced by the current pandemic this is set in a World which is in about the same place we are now but the virus all of a sudden mutates, leading to much worse things than have come before it. Now those infected are inflicting unforgivable crimes on their victims – rape, murder, mutilation and torture are happening...
I watched The Sadness knowing that it already had quite the reputation. I’d read parts of reviews that had spoken about the misery, the horrific and sadistic scenes, the over-the-top violence and depravity and much much more. As a long time and hardcore horror fan that has seen (almost) everything, I wasn’t expecting something pretty horrible.
I can’t say that The Sadness disappoints in that regard either. It lives up to that reputation but more on that later. Clearly influenced by the current pandemic this is set in a World which is in about the same place we are now but the virus all of a sudden mutates, leading to much worse things than have come before it. Now those infected are inflicting unforgivable crimes on their victims – rape, murder, mutilation and torture are happening...
- 5/13/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Trigger warnings accompanying The Sadness at the Fantasia International Film Festival are no joke. The acts of violence writer-director Rob Jabbaz has his characters inflict upon each other are as depraved as can be and seemingly devoid of remorse. It often feels like an Aphex Twin music video with enraged men and women stopping to turn and grin with blackened eyes before pouncing on their latest targets with relish. It thus means something when we first see tears coming down a predator’s face. We’re already used to the blood, drool, and viscera at this point, so you wouldn’t think one more bodily fluid would make all that much difference. But it does. Because it offers something more horrific than the acts themselves: helplessness.
It’s a sensation many can understand as Covid-19 warps into yet another phase. Rather than provide the loneliness of death in isolation away from family and friends,...
It’s a sensation many can understand as Covid-19 warps into yet another phase. Rather than provide the loneliness of death in isolation away from family and friends,...
- 8/22/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Sadness Review — The Sadness (2021) Film Review from the 74th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Rob Jabbaz, and starring Regina Lei, Berant Zhu, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Lue-Keng Huang, Wei-Hua Lan, Raif Chu and Emerson Tsai. From Taiwan comes, perhaps, the most violent film ever made. It’s called The [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: The Sadness: Gore Filled Movie is Surprisingly Interesting Despite Too Much Violence [Locarno 2021]...
- 8/13/2021
- Film-Book
The Sadness Review — The Sadness (2021) Film Review from the 74th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Rob Jabbaz, and starring Regina Lei, Berant Zhu, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Lue-Keng Huang, Wei-Hua Lan, Raif Chu and Emerson Tsai. From Taiwan comes, perhaps, the most violent film ever made. It’s called The [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Sadness: Gore Filled Movie is Surprisingly Interesting Despite Too Much Violence [Locarno 2021]...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Sadness: Gore Filled Movie is Surprisingly Interesting Despite Too Much Violence [Locarno 2021]...
- 8/13/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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