I purposely haven't read any of the reviews here just so my thoughts could be clear and untainted about this movie. There was one thing I liked about the movie (the telling from backwards to forward), but mostly I found this movie to be irritating, unbelieveable, maddening and unsatisfying. First, I gotta just get this out of the way, who were those two men at the beginning? Secondly, and here comes a SPOILER folks, Pierre kills the wrong man which is so, so deeply unfulfilling to me as a moviegoer! The rapist was a misanthropic, cruel and despicable human being. For him to continue living just sucks! And the camera work while in the club was so dizzying it made me sick and had me sighing and squirming in my chair willing it to stop! The savage beating of the so-called attacker seemed very fake to me. The same shot, shown over and over again, to give the effect of someone being beat to death. The much touted rape scene was nearly unbearable,however. I didn't realize it was 9 minutes long---it actually seemed longer. It was very "authentic" looking, certainly. But, I couldn't help but wonder: where were the tears of pain, indignation and shame that should have been flowing from Alex's face? Was this simply poor acting? And...no blood, although the rapist stated she was bleeding. If you're gonna shoot a scene so graphically, anyway, why not show some bloody fluids on the ground as he pulls away? Finally, the "ending" (really the beginning) was really a let down. BORING. After thinking about it long and hard, I came away thinking that ultimately this movie was misogynistic, racist and homophobic in its presentation. Alex's brutal attack was NOT avenged and that makes me wonder just what it was the filmmaker was trying to say. Want a good rape revenge movie? Go rent "I Spit on Your Grave."
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