I'm surprised at all the glowing reviews here. I'm a huge fan of horror films, and I've been especially fond of some of the new French horror films being released over the past few years, but this one really missed the mark for me. I suppose my biggest gripe with this movie is that it was just plain boring. We've seen everything here a million times before. There were just no surprises and nothing fresh. I wanted to shut it off and go to bed, but I decided to stick it out. For that, I at least got to see a cool scene with a saw towards the end that was pretty neat, but it still didn't make this film anything more than average. This film borrows very heavily from Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hostel. TCM is my favorite horror film ever, while I despise Hostel. I think the tone and look of Frontiers is so similar to Hostel, that it turned me off to the movie early on. And the story doesn't deviate too much from the classic TCM plot. I also really didn't like the acting from the lead during the last act. Sure, she had experienced a lot of brutality, but the zombie-like shaking and convulsing was a little over the top for me.
Meh....it's not a horrible film, and if you liked Hostel, you should give it a shot. But I definitely won't be watching it again anytime soon.
Meh....it's not a horrible film, and if you liked Hostel, you should give it a shot. But I definitely won't be watching it again anytime soon.