A sadistic orgy that may lure the children: watch out

Rating: 3/10 (19 February 2007)

WARNING: Do not take your kids to watch this movie.
Yes, I know it's properly rated. But there are certain pans around that may look appealing enough for you to take your children, in laws and grandparents to the cinema for a 'different fairy tale': watch out.
For in previous works from Mr. Del Toro, as in Hellboy, you may be pleased by his clean, dynamic action.
This is a totally different story. Plainly put, that's a sadistic fantasy with some fairy elements inside.
From the first take, we all know that the magic underworld is nothing but a second-before-death thought of the main character, Ofelia, but the real appeal for most people seems to be the unexplainable gore violence doses that run through the whole movie.
For the rest, the special effects are boring, the music is unable to highlight the action, and the acting is constrained to the extreme models that Mr. Del Toro has drawn in this blood orgy that deserves nothing but oblivion. Unless the box office says the opposite...!