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Martyrs (2008)
Sleeping Supid Beauty
This movie expects the audience to be retarded like Lucie to believe what's going on. SPOILER ALERTS! I do agree that the Lucie is mentally challenged, however her friend Anna seems to act very adult and responsible. Apparently that is quite opposite of what is portrayed by her actions.
1. The first thing she does on finding the bodies is try to hide them. WHY? It would take cops only 5 more minutes to find the bodies if they are hidden in washroom instead of living room. Then she does not seem to be satisfied with her hiding spot, so she begins to bury them in a pit. Wow! Now cops won't even waste 5 minutes, seeing a freshly dug pit in front of the house with blood all over. Instead of fleeing the house and cross country in few hours, she utilizes the time to drag bodies from one spot to another in the house. WOW! Just burn the house and leave.
2. When Lucie calls Anna from the crime scene to a telephone booth, she panics because it would give cops evidence to trace them. However, she calls her mother from the same house. So cops can trace Anna from telephone booth call and not her home phone? WOW!
3. When Anna finds the tortured woman in the basement, it was the perfect time to call 911 or even her mom to report everything. Report that her friend found the people who run this torture business, and she found a woman who needs medical help. Anna didn't kill anyone and the one who killed(Lucie) is dead anyways. But NO! Instead she decides to take care her. While still in the House! To make matter worse instead of treating her wounds (like she did for Lucie several times), she decides to give her a spa bath and crack open her skull. It was pretty clear she needed medical help from a certified doctor and not pretend nurse. And still does not call 911 or flee the crime scene with her, throw her in front of ER and scoot away.
4. Sleeping Beauty! The girl Anna is definitely a sleeping beauty. No matter how much blood, crime goes around her, she does not think twice before taking a nice refreshing nap. She can sleep with her dead friend and 4 other dead bodies in pit on couch of very people killed. She can even found sleeping between torture sessions. It is quite boring with no entertainment, but still. Several scenes start with her waking from a nap. She surely is laid back girl.
5. Fight Back? Anna is shown to be quite determined and strong. She can bust open a door with her shoulder, drag heavy bodies across the house, but she cannot kick a guy in between the legs to escape. Several instances of her being in the room alone with one guy and plenty of chances to seriously injure him (like grabbing the very chains she is tied to and tying around his neck, leg, or smashing his bald head with chains, pinching his eyes out, bite his ear for fun), but all she does is spit, bitch slap and show a tantrum. Its like she does like bondage and torture. She could have at least tried for the sake of her freedom.
Moral of the story. If you commit a crime, flee. If you find proof that the person killed was criminal, call 911. The worst thing you can do is try and have a 2-day vacation in the house of people you just murdered, dozing off and eating from their fridge.