This is Not the Gore it was Made out to Be

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2006)

I think Quentin Tarantino should not put his name on horror movies anymore. He may have presented this film, but it ruins his name to be attached to projects like this. Especially when you combine this film with the endorsement he gave "Wolf Creek", which almost everyone seems to have despised.
Now, this film was presented as a gore film. It was not a gore film. There was gore, but if you watch movies like "Saw" and "Saw II" and expect this to be on the level, you'll be let down. You might have heard a certain scene was intense. But you were probably lied to, because most of the violence seems so fake. I don't know what dangling eyeballs look like, or what it's like to get run over by a car traveling five miles per hour. But I don't think it looks like this.
Also, you might have been told it's a film about a place where you pay to hurt people. Yes, that's in this movie. But only for about twenty minutes. The first half hour (time it on your watch if you doubt me) is just a variety of sex scenes and naked women. I like naked women, but I have no idea what any of it had to do with making a horror film.
It wasn't an entire waste. The idea was decent and some of the characters were interesting. The American client is cool, the Dutch businessman is creepy and there's a surprise cameo by Takashi Miike (the director of several Asian horror films which have been banned for excessive disgustingness).
I guess you may as well see it if you wanted to, but there are other films I'd recommend first. "Saw II" and "Hills Have Eyes" should be seen first.