I have seldom written reviews to pan a movie. I'd rather try to help a good obscure movie get noticed. However, this movie's unrelenting violence is gruesome and sick, and I'd like to warn away those who do not want to subject themselves to graphic scenes of brutality. Unfortunately in lieu of drama, Ms. Ramsay simply turns up the volume (I'm being literal here) so that many of the horror scenes are preceded by almost ear-shattering decibels of sound effects and, possibly, music (I had to stuff my ears with tissue to ward off the pain). Her idea of art is apparenty the many designs a cinematographer can make with blood, blood and more blood throughout the entire film. The fact that many metacritic reviewers gave this film 100 has made me very sad over how our culture has come to accept violence as entertainment, in films, in local TV news, in reports of almost daily shootings throughout the country. The story of this movie? A man with a screwed-up background goes ballistic. If that's your cup of tea, you won't be disappointed.
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