nice movie, but could have been so much better

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2007)

Saw this movie yesterday and I was disappointed I must say. I'd heard a lot about how good this movie was from friends and had built up some expectations that was not answered upon. the idea of the movie is nice but personally i think it was too shallowly told. the first part is no horror and the second part is gory but without the right feeling. I didn't feel the pain going through my spine when people was tortured and even the nicest moments wasn't close to none of the "saw"-movies I think. don't get me totally wrong now. I think the movie is a nice piece of craftsmanship and the actors are doing a good job, but there's something missing. if you've seen movies containing torture-scenes like in "ichi- the killer", "old boy" or "saw" for example, I tell you this movie is not close. but if you're out for an entertaining and different horror-movie, this is still way way better then all the collage-horror-films and other standard horror-films. so, as conclusion, I would say that you definitely should see this movie, but keep your high expectations at bay..peace