This is really poor

Rating: 1/10 (25 March 2006)

Please don't waist your hard earned money by going to see this very poor film. The best thing about this production is the hype that has been created around it and as public enemy said don't believe it.
To a certain extent it is a massive disappointment as the idea on an organisation who offer bored and frustrated business types the chance to torture and kill various nationalities for a fee could have been both fascinating and terrifying. However the execution (no pun intended) of the film is really bad, it starts in Amesterdam with the three main characters behaving incredibly obnoxiously in a bad teen comedy style which in itself is cringe worthy, to the extent of you really hoping they come to a grizzly end. For this reason alone the film has already failed, it is hard to feel scared or terrified for characters who you feel no empathy for and you're actually hoping they get bumped off quickly so you can leave.
As for the claims that its the goriest or sickest film ever I find this must be the work of the hype machine, there's nothing here that hasn't been seen before many times before once again spoiling perhaps the only thing this film had going for it.
Another disappointing aspect of the film was the 'American' finale to the film, with the lone hero escaping but not before conveniently avenging his friends deaths with no fear of retribution from the law, go 'Team America'.
In short don't see this and don't believe anyone who says this is the first scary film they've seen since aliens because it isn't. Good idea badly done, god knows how Tarantino is involved but he should be ashamed, if i could give it zero i would, two hours of my life i'll never get back