Make sure you are ready for something that is just "too much"

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2009)

I don't know if "horror movie" is the right word, cynical slaughter fits better. Don't see this movie if you wanna be scared, don't see this movie if you want to see a mindless slaughter with teenagers being killed in fun ways, see this movie if you wanna see something that's full off suspense, breaks every border and just goes to far.
In the beginning we are introduced to the family. To uncontrolled dogs, too stereotypical American parents, their son and two daughters, and one of the daughters husband and their baby. In the beginning I am sure I won't feel any sympathy with the cynical family, something which radically changes. After all there is a family this time, not a bunch of stupid teenagers or something like that.
The "scarriest" moment is the beginning when you don't know whats going to happen. Then the movie just turns psycho. I have to say I almost got angry sometimes. When the two younger girls gets raped, the baby gun pointed and the father burned alive outside, it almost hurts. "WHYYYY?" you are thinking while watching this. To make you very angry at those mutant-things, which are the "monsters" in this movie, is the right answer. There are also a lot of gore, but I don't find the gore very hard to watch compared with the twisted attempts against the family.
Those mutants aren't very scary, but their is a absurd fascination about them, even if you most of all want them to die. The movie really succeeds to make you feel sympathy and suspense, the only problem is if you can't handle it when the movie goes to far many times.
The less-good things in the movie is the acting, and sometimes not the very realistic reactions and actions by the characters. And the soundtrack that makes up for an irritating double moral. There is some heroic victory themes playing while the mutants in the characters revenge are getting brutally killed. I don't understand why , when the movie itself are criticizing the US for nuclear tests in the desert (in this movie causing people to turn into mutants).
However, just see this movie if you at least know something of what is coming up.