Resensi: Don’t know, don’t want to know. Actually maybe I should find out the director’s name so I don’t see any more of his “films”. The violence in this film is not in the least bit realistic. A good Cat III will shock you, make you wince, and if good enough, you’ll think it is real. I never cringed during the film, except when checking out how much time was left before the movie ended. For example, one character punches a woman in the head. You can tell he didn’t really hit her, and you can tell she is not in any pain. There were no cool sound effects you normally hear when someone punches someone in a film. I just watched the French film Seven Days. One of the first acts of violence in the movie is one man smashing another’s leg with a bat. The acting, choreography, the gore effects and sound made it extremely realistic.
I remember screaming when the bat shatters the man’s leg. It was effective because both actors were amazing. If someone had told me that the leg shattering was actually real, I would have believed her or him. The sounds and the way the bone shatters and the screams of utter agony made this scene incredibly disturbing and realistic. Weeks after seeing the film, I still can’t get that scene out of my head.
By contrast, I just finished watching this film and have already forgotten most of it. As a service to my readers and to be fair to the film I watched it a second time. Just now. And I still can’t remember anything but looking at the clock every few seconds. In the scene described above, with the punch to the head, it was obvious they were acting and that he did not really hit her.