Ever feel like you've been cheated?

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2006)

Just like High Tension, in that everything that was ripped off the source material was great. However that means every time Aja felt the need to add something (it seemed only to avoid plagiarism) it just slowed the film to a crawl. The original is a tight examination of how the "civilised" can be brutalized to base human instinct and vengeance. The new version is a sloppy statement of how much the French really hate Americans... As much as I usually agree, it feels forced, like having your teacher b**** at you over your older brothers behavior. All in all wait for the "Unrated" DVD or do yourself a real favor and check out Wes Craven's original... As for Aja, two movies down and not one single original idea of any importance. Weren't the French once masters of Film??