Great movie, right up to the last scene that wrecks the whole thing.
I didn't like it very much, there are better horror flicks IMHO!
Such a frustrating film. Stupid fucking decisions through and through.
Uneven. Titillation with topless fighting and trope‐y shower scenes, contrasted
with an exceptionally uncomfortable rape scene that plays far too long and
lingers in the distress caused.
Her mother trying to distract Pinkman (sorry Jessie, that’s
your forever name now) with come‐ons and alcohol while knowing that he’s likely
one of the rapists and attempted murderers? I don’t know how she would be able
to do that with a straight face.
Pinkman’s death scene was the only part of the film I couldn’t keep a serious
face and let out a laugh – from the cunning drainage of the sink to the
discovery of a waste disposal and then just hanging off the sink with a hammer
in the back of the head. It needed to be quicker to avoid the comedy.
Build up in the first handful of minutes really set my expectations
high, the murder and rape (then attempted murder) of the two girls had me
questioning where this film was trying to go. And i’m not truly sure it knew
either at the conclusion, I would read from it ‘our humanity is lost for
revenge’. But that might be too generous.
The comeuppance comes late in the film, and the final act… it
involves a microwave is just out of place and absurd.
Parents brutally murdered three people.
Krug tried to kill his own son.
At least the son got over his demons and… oh wait no, he might
have died? I’m not even sure after that.
It’s a well made, acted and composed jumble, which explains my high rating
alongside my negative comments.
Intense and well done. It definitely kept me wondering what's going to happen next all throughout.
A pretty brutal movie with a hard to watch rape scene. The murders can be silly though eventually.
Horrible movie, just plain bad. I don't understand the plot it says "The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a horrible revenge." you expect to see that and you see a bunch of nonsense for 1 hour and 40 minutes and the actual movie happens in the last 15 minutes. Avoid if you care your sanity.
hey WitWolfy ever hear of spoiler alert ?
Bad acting, predictable plot and script. It is like if you had watched a movie from or close to that year, there is a pretty big chance both has similar story. I got bored at the first 30 min of the movie. Watched till the end just to give it a chance.
A movie where you have action, tension, suspension at all times! Your stomach turns from the horrible scenes and it’s really hard to watch it, but revenge in the end is so satisfying! A great movie that keeps you hooked all the way through. More like this.
I'm going to guess that the original is better than this remake. I'll come back here and edit this review after I've watched it.
Doesn't quite hold the same impact as the original, but it improves a few aspects. It just suffers from an over-the-top conclusion and lacks consequence and the emotional gut punch the first had going for it. It's basically revenge porn.
Fantastic thriller, well acted with unbearable suspense.
When the rape scene started I stopped the movie.. What a hunk of shit! If I wanted to watch a rape fest I'll surf some gang bang porn!
Nice movie, it shows that a wrong choice can change your life.
Review by whitsbrainVIP 5BlockedParentSpoilers2022-01-15T17:32:20Z— updated 2024-04-09T12:54:36Z
Flipping through channels, this caught my attention even though I knew I never wanted to watch this version or Wes Craven's original. The assault and revenge subject matter is about the least appealing thing I can imagine watching. Give me malevolent aliens from space, marauding monsters from middle Earth or supernatural beings bent on haunting innocents anytime. But movies that feature such person-on-person cruelty are nothing I am interested in seeing. Inexplicably though, I watched this 2009 remake from start to finish.
Who is the audience for this? The assault of the young woman is horrible. The revenge of the woman's parents on the assaulters is over-the-top. Ask yourself...why would they shove one of the bad guy's hands in a garbage disposal before they slam him in the top of the head with a claw hammer?!? Later, the father (who's a doctor) surgically paralyzes one of the other scumbags and then puts his head in a microwave until it explodes. I don't know why a person would take revenge so "creatively". It changes the mood of the movie from disgust against the assaulters to clouding the motivations of the parents beyond the revenge of their daughter.
I'm starting to question myself actually. Why I would spend anytime with this sort of movie at all? And worse, I believe I've seen movies with even more senseless violence. Not pleased with myself for sitting through this.