'Sore'

Rating: 1/10 (4 October 2004)

Well, what can I say about this particular species of farmyard fowl?
In many ways, it doesn't surprise me that the Director and Writer are twenty-somethings, because the film has a very distinct 'recent film school graduate' feel about it.
Basically, lousy script, lousy casting (what's up, Danny Glover - running out of money? You just ran out or cred, too), a plot dynamic that will have you sitting on the edge of your toilet bowl, and not a single sympathetic or believable character. To talk about it alongside films like 'Seven' and 'The Silence of the Lambs' (both hugely over-rated, but at least competent) is like comparing 'Psycho' (the original) to some inane slasher flick like 'Friday 13th'. Robert McKee will probably use this film as an example of how NOT to do it.
So... save your money. Don't even bother with it. Do something more rewarding, such as stay at home and watch the 20th re-run of 'Frasier'. Even that's better than 'Saw', which is saying something.