Gory? Yes. Sick? Yes. Scary? Eh....

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2006)

In the grand tradition of horror films, everyone knows that it's what you don't see that is scariest. In that sentiment, Eli Roth failed... miserably. Watching someone get their foot cut apart is NOT scary, it is just gross. It's the knowledge that your foot MAY be cut off that is truly terrifying. Some of the film's scariest scenes come from the anticipating of pain. I wasn't ever truly scared. At times, yes, I was upset and nauseated and even found myself rolling my eyes, when a certain female character gets a certain appendage amputated by our lead. The introduction of Jay Hernandez to his torturer is one of the only truly horrifying scenes in that, for the first five minutes, nothing happens, but we are on the edge of our seats waiting! Blood, screaming, torture, death, and an overabundance of female nudity? This film is nothing short of a snuff film with a big budget, with only about 10-15 minutes of "good movie" - 6 of which are the credits.