Definitely worth staying up to see

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2009)

Saw the 12 o'clock showing of this film tonight and was glad I did. You can read other reviews for more specifics on the film, but I wanted to add a couple of bits of relevant info: On the way out of the theater I heard two different comments. 1) The way the cameras were used gives an almost "handheld" effect throughout much of the movie. Several young men seated near me complained they felt queasy from the effect of the camera movement. You may want to consider this when choosing where you sit or whether or not to see it in theaters. and 2) it was gory. I agree, the movie was gory. When considering whether or not to allow kids to see you should know that everything from the content of the POV (the "moral of the story", if you will) to the gore and the very free use of f-bombs all throughout definitely make the movie an "R" all the way through. It was not even CLOSE to a PG13. Some of you won't mind that, some of you will.
Still - with those things in mind, I think the movie was fantastic. The story didn't skulk about trying to slip its moral center in undetected. It was quite in-your-face. I appreciated the direct approach, though I've read some people calling it heavy-handed. Quite frankly I appreciate a movie that isn't afraid to delve into the grotesque behavior of which humans are capable. This movie does that unapologetically.
A very fine send-off for the '09 summer movie season.