Shocking, terrifying, and deeply disturbing.

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

I am not a fan of gore movies and usually they are simply a dumb excuse to use gore instead of plot to shock people. While the plot of this movie is not extremely intricate, the realization pushed by the movie is something I haven't considered very thoroughly before. The terrifying thing about the movie isn't the torture itself, but the people inflicting it. The torture sequences are appalling enough, but the true horror comes when you discover that the people performing the horribly savage acts aren't insane psychopaths, but those who are rich and obviously of highly esteemed positions in society. That is the true horror of this movie, it makes you realize something that isn't thought about much. Every day the filthy rich satisfy their every whim and fleshly desire... New cars, drugs, sex, wasteful frivolity... but what about those people who have hidden desires for power, control, blood, the evil delight of inflicting hideous suffering on others? What do they do to get their foul needs satisfied? I believe that this is the true horror of this film... and what really disturbs me the most about it is that I am more than ready to believe such things happen regularly. There are a LOT of missing persons cases around the world every year, in America alone, approximately 2,300 new missing persons are reported EVERY DAY. That doesn't even include the ones that are not reported. Children and adults disappear, never to be seen or heard from again. Does anyone really stop to think of the things that are more than likely happening??? I know this movie has messed me up for a long time to come. I don't think I'll ever be able to shake the ideas... and I don't know if they should be shaken, because I strongly feel that this may be more reality than fiction, and I think people would be wise to keep things like this in mind during day to day life.