sympathy for a rapist? I don't think so

Rating: 1/10 (15 August 2007)

Imagine a movie where you're asked to identify with a pedophile, sympathize with him, even. Suppose that the whole film was mostly graphic scenes of beating and raping children..the sadist is singing during the torture.
What's wrong? Having trouble with that idea? Good. So am I.
Any point the film attempts to make gets drowned out with nothing but violence from beginning to end. Oh, but the film is about so much more, like the "controversial" theme, which asks you to focus on the bizarre idea that some psychopath losing his freedom to choose for himself is much more oppressive than the torture he's inflicted on his victims, who have lost a far more profound sense of freedom? Having trouble seeing such a movie as "art"? It's okay if the victims are adult women, though, right? Or how about a film where we argue over the rights of a KKK criminal who "accidentally" killed someone? Do you get it now? Know anyone who thinks criminals should be allowed to continue their violence because it's uh..free will, man? There is no such thing as absolute free will in any society anyway.
This film was like any other exploitative film. It's all been done before.