A well done film. Better than 90% of what is out there today.

Rating: 9/10 (5 December 2005)

I will make this brief.
A lot of people have come on here to talk about how this movie DOESN'T live up to the hype.
In my opinion, the hype was just right. IMDb gives this around an 8.5 and that is about what I would give it. It's an incredible well done and stylish movie. Is it GROUNDBREAKING? Well. Yeah. It kinda is... in a few ways.
I am not going to write a long review. Sufficed to say.... if you have a brain in your head, you will appreciate this movie on some level. It IS violent and tasteless in some ways... but... really nothing that new or brutal. I was actually surprised at the low level of violence in this movie (after reading all these negative reviews about violence for the sake of violence). I felt every moment of violence in this film was justified. If I went through what HE did... I would be just as violent.
Anyway. Thats all I have to say. If you are grappling with the decision to rent this... here is all I can say: If you play a lot of Skateboarding video games and like Adam Sandler.... or if your idea of a good horror movie is "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte",... then you should probably skip this one. If you are a fan of original, innovative film making and you don't mind a little of the old "ultraviolence", then try this one on for size.
I (personally) cannot wait to see the rest in the series.
Gus www.shirleyfilms.com