Extremely Violent

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2003)

One of the most graphically violent films I have ever had the misfortune of sitting through. The plot, story, and acting are all executed adequately, but there is an excess of violence and gore that was not necessary. I have gladly watched many violent action films including Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and war films like Saving Private Ryan, but this film combined with the movie Casino convinced me that there is a limit to the amount of gore that I am willing to sit through. Also I think I find movies about serial killers to be somewhat disturbing. Unfortunately, Hollywood seems to have seized on this as a means to a cheap thrill instead of producing more thought-provoking crime dramas like Chinatown.