Sad recipe

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2004)

Yet another movie starting with scenes of extreme violence, throats slashed, crushed heads, torn chests and blood everywhere.
I was struck watching "Saving Private Ryan"'s opening but wasn't disgusted because it wasn't cheap violence, it was things as they were, a historical insight aimed at making you realize what war truly is like.

But here the aim of that opening is to attract the average viewer into making him want to see the movie further by calling upon his vilest instincts, supported by a repetitive music to to prevent him from thinking and exercising his judgment. Are we that thirsty for blood and violence? Obviously yes... and video clips and film makers give us what we want: panem et circenses - Bread and circus games.