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Anyone else "seen" it? f
k. Me.
Now I'm not squeamish, I'm really not, but Jesus this was horrifically real. I actually switched it off.
To a degree I can see why it's received so many plaudits, the acting is first rate, the atmosphere is genuinely unsettling, but the realism of the violence...sheesh..well done to the effects guys..
Now, if anyone can tell me what the twist at the end was? (I say end...I turned it off probably less than half way through)
k. Me.Now I'm not squeamish, I'm really not, but Jesus this was horrifically real. I actually switched it off.
To a degree I can see why it's received so many plaudits, the acting is first rate, the atmosphere is genuinely unsettling, but the realism of the violence...sheesh..well done to the effects guys..
Now, if anyone can tell me what the twist at the end was? (I say end...I turned it off probably less than half way through)
I watched this last night, was going to do a thread on it!
Yes, the acting was great, the banter between the men was very well done, looking at the credits it seems a fair bit of the dialogue was "provided by the cast".
The violence was pretty graphic too, as little as there was, but the 'Librarian' scene had me wincing for sure!
What I didn't like, was the way it seemed to just fall apart at the end, with things happening for no apparent reason.
What was 'Kiev' all about? That question was never answered. Why did he open fire on the group of Pagen-type people? Why did he run away from his mate in the tunnels only to return to him once he was stabbed? And just WTF was the Pagen stuff all about?
Now I'm all for films that leave a little unanswered, it can let you make an ending up for yourself, but this seemed a tight film up until the end, where it seemed the director had the premise of the plot, but no real way to end it. It all seemed very Wicker Man to me too.
Yes, the acting was great, the banter between the men was very well done, looking at the credits it seems a fair bit of the dialogue was "provided by the cast".
The violence was pretty graphic too, as little as there was, but the 'Librarian' scene had me wincing for sure!
What I didn't like, was the way it seemed to just fall apart at the end, with things happening for no apparent reason.
What was 'Kiev' all about? That question was never answered. Why did he open fire on the group of Pagen-type people? Why did he run away from his mate in the tunnels only to return to him once he was stabbed? And just WTF was the Pagen stuff all about?
Now I'm all for films that leave a little unanswered, it can let you make an ending up for yourself, but this seemed a tight film up until the end, where it seemed the director had the premise of the plot, but no real way to end it. It all seemed very Wicker Man to me too.
Edited by Brigand on Saturday 7th January 12:21
A hotch-potch of other films. The ending was straight out of A Serbian Film (and that's one of the worst films ever made). The acting was good and the social scenes were interesting but the plot was shaky and the violence unconvincing. The scene with the guy's head on the kitchen table reminded me of the bar scene with the fire extinguisher in 'Irreversible', pounding on a ghastly rubber head reminiscent of a sketch from Vic Reeves' Big Night Out. They should have stayed away from the witchy stuff and continued with the hitman concept. Pretty disappointed in the end.
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