Difficult to Rate

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2000)

The film is very well made, with inventive directorial touches that actually help rather than hinder: such as the bit about adding subliminal porn, and the 180 degree quick pan, done vertically rather than horizontally. In this 140 minute film, after the big plot twist occurs, there is not nearly enough remaining time to explore the resulting situation (but that would be a different movie). The problem is that the film is unremittingly gruesome and at times, physically unpleasant. I wouldn't want to watch this again, not because it is a bad film, but basically because I hated it.