What makes this film so disgusting is that it breaks the filmmaker's pact with the audience: that if we are going to be subjected to two-some hours of brutality, in which evil thugs seem to triumph; than we expect and deserve satisfaction in the ending.
We expect and deserve to see the bad guys defeated and punished; and the good guys ultimately triumph. And all our pent-up rage released in a satisfying burst of cathartic violence.
Not here. Not in Eden Lake.
What we get here is one act after another of senseless brutality perpetrated by young thugs upon decent people. And in the end, the worst of these psychotics smugly smiles into the camera; having gotten away with multiple murders.
I hated the characters; I hated the story; and I despise the writer and filmmaker for subjecting me and all viewers to this filth.
No stars; don't waste your time, emotions, and ultimately money on this piece of disgusting garbage.
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