Reviews

The main thing I knew about this movie was the hype.....a lot of hype 'the most gruesome movie ever, will make you sick' etc! But in honesty there have been worse. Netherless this movie still has a heart to it, it has characters who are genuine and feel real emotions.

The fact that scares me most about this movie is that places like this torture chamber probably exist in a lot of places, maybe not to such a big extent but its the next step up from a snuff movie anyhow! To be honest it did not seem the right sort of movie for Tarantino as the film on a whole was not up there with the rest of his collection, but fair play to him for giving another director a push and helping him achieve mainstream success.

I liked the fact the lead character has a conscience (wondered why he bought up that story about a little girl drowning half way through) and he risked it all to try save her (which was pointless to a degree, however her killing herself in front of the train allowed him to get on the other train) I also liked the fact the movie never went the way you imagined it i.e you expected him to be re-caught when he re-entered the chamber for the girl.

All in all a decent movie, not a must see, but worthwhile.

7/10.

OK I picked this movie up with the 'box of the banned' set that was released here in the UK last year, when I was putting it on I was a bit apprehensive thinking it would be a real cheese-fest and I would be laughing a whole lot more than I would find myself in suspense.

That statement however did not turn out true at all, instead I got a movie that really did keep me on the edge of my seat at all times, there is definitely an atmosphere in this movie, a disturbing one at that. There are some classic scenes 'the shark scene' 'infamous eyeball scene' and 'finale' in which you really do feel like your in the movie with the characters.

What I really love about the movie is that it involves grown adults rather than teenagers, I always think this bring more eeriness to movies, maybe because in the last ten years we have had so many 'scream' and ' i know what you did last summer' type movies.

There is a big cast of actors which is good because it brings together lots of story lines and the whole wondering who is going to get the chop (erm bite?) next.

The eyeball scene for me is one of the most uncomfortable scenes in movie history, the squeamish will definitely not like it however certainly does its job! Well directed and OK the acting isn't Oscar-worthy but it sure keeps up to the speed of the movie.

But the best thing about the movie itself.....has to be the Zombies! I had to convince myself they were not real, instead of investing millions in making a 'monster' looking zombie, the zombie's have a real human edge to them, literally like they have just been dug up! In my opinion the best zombie's yet. From the maggots to the blood to the 'crusty' look about themselves.

If you like your horror and zombies then this is defo worth a shout, a real worth see movie.

Wow.....this film pushed boundaries, yes it showed things in a brutal way we might be scared of and realities we don't like to think of, but the important factor of the film is, how horrible rape and violence is and how it can overcome anyone, how people can get carried away, how spur of the moment decision's that you may forget after a day or two can effect the cause of your life.

The director does a brilliant job of making the characters as normal as possible, not giving the 'bad guys' a real bad guy edge or 'the heroine' a real heroine feel. He makes everyone appear normal to make the whole damn thing that bit scarier. This works to great effect.

The scariest part of the film for me is the eerie sound of the harmonica as a rape approaches, it keeps you on tenterhooks for sure. Matthew is a gullible guy who just wants friends and in a way wants the best for everyone without saying no to anyone which inervertivly leads him to trouble and rightfully so, it displays that you cant get away doing what others want you to do, it doesn't work for anyone.

The rape obviously changes Jenny and instead of shooting them all like she could do, she leads them all to a false sense of security then killing when they are at their most vulnerable....perfect revenge perhaps? The sort she could not have achieved for ringing the cops or shooting them all quick.

When looking to see what other films the actors/actresses have been in i was surprised to see none of them have done anything, acting as well as direction was perfect in this film as the budget was enough to display real life events not wasting $12 million on a 'jeepers creepers' monster that doesn't delivery half the scare.

Overall I would say a worth see movie due to the fact you can see how horrible it is to be caught up in such situation and spare a thought for victims who didn't survive unlike Jenny.