Better than expected, but much too tidy.

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2006)

I expected a non-stop gore-fest, but (thankfully) the gore was reasonably limited and confined to a small portion of the movie.
On the other hand, Roth seems to have given in to his producers...or paid too much attention to the results of the advance screenings, it's hard to tell which. The film is much too tidy and works too hard to dull the effects of the gore by tempering it with a sense of poetic justice.
The skanky addicts who lure the victims towards their horrible and lingering deaths? Don't worry...we'll run them (all three) over on the way home through town.
The sadistic Dutch businessman? No problem...we'll have a chance to slit his throat during a chance encounter in a public restroom.
Offended and sickened by the twisted American businessman? Never fear...he'll be in he first torture chamber you escape to (after he's thoughtfully turned his handgun over to you).
And so forth and so on....
All in all, the exact opposite of the "Saw" movies.