Desperate, Manipulative Nonsense What happens when a no talent film maker covers up his lack of creativity with attention grabbing violence? From the high rating on here, apparently idiots rejoice! I guess when a film maker makes the pretentious and terrible decision to keep a camera moving constantly we're supposed to applaud his creativity. We're not talking Tony Scott style camera moves, we're talking unapologetic messy camera movement with ZERO redeeming quality. Yes, the scenes are blocked well and it's obvious the camera man was told to hit "point A" at "beat 1" and "point B" at "beat 2" but between these beats we have constant rocking of the camera that simulates nothing but the rocking of a camera. It doesn't feel like we're on a boat or falling or much of anything at all. Just a rocking camera. Bravo, jackass.
The soundtrack. Just annoying, nothing more (it didn't nauseate me). Its just bad... obtrusive and bad.
Okay, so now we get to the violence that is allegedly "brave" or to be commended. I'm a fan of genre films and violent movies but don't insult my intelligence. It seems to me that it is only there to shock and detract from a boring movie. It reminds me of when someone is mad and they want to make you mad so they go out of their way to insult you. You're trying too hard and I'm not blind to the pile of s**t you're feeding me. You wanna impress me? Make a movie where that kind of s**t is necessary to the story. Make a movie where you can actually defend the violence. It takes no talent or creativity to put violence in a movie. Zero... the talent lies in giving it REAL purpose beyond its own presence.
This movie only gets noticed because simulating rape in porn is illegal and this is the closest people can get for now. There is a taboo about rape and rebellious people like to embrace taboos to show how truly against the grain they really are. Don't mistake your stroke material for good film making. You're just embarrassing yourself when you do.
Lastly, those of you that liked this pile are defending it in your head saying "He missed the point... its supposed to make you uncomfortable. You're not supposed to enjoy it." Hand a camera to a 5 year old and let him run around with it for a while, set it to a soundtrack of songs you hate and tell me how comfortable you are. That kid's gotta be Spielberg!