Brutal

Date of viewing: September 29, 2024 How many times watched: 1 Where: Tubi

A serial killer runs into another serial killer and the two of them bond through their love of stabbing genitalia.

Objective rating: (1 out of 5) The stabbing scenes and general scenes of violence in this movie are well done and I would say are the highlight of the film if you are into well done and uncomfortable violence.

There isn't much to the plot, the characters are paper thin, there is no build up or release of tension, and there really isn't much to the movie outside of the violence.

Subjective rating: (1 out of 5) I found this movie to be a bit dull to watch as there isn't much to it outside of the scenes of violence.

Overall rating: 2 out of 10.

Slasher with the difference being that there is a male and a female slasher who meet and slash away at each other until they learn the impetus for their deviance is their mutual genital mutilation which look too real to be disbelieved. I still can't get over it. This is indeed a brutal movie. I almost didn't watch all the way through but I'm so glad I did. It's original and cinema art.

As much as I abhor gore, torture and brutality I thought this a very arthouse flick. Great cinematography. Disgusting in nature and not pleasant to watch but worth it for a glimpse into an original style of film making.

Even when the film is trying to deliver a message that reflects life and love through situations and characters, that message is not fully grounded. It is very clear that the film has only 3 chapters, chapter 1 is man, chapter 2 is women and chapter 3 is man and women, the film shows the suffering of love between man and women by ugly, nakedly, it's shows hatred acts for not being loved (or being betrayed) or being not satisfied with desire. The message of the film will not be supported by people because of the lack of humanity, the character is also dirty in every action, it only shows like the animals who enjoy revenge in life or crazy animals who have lost their mind! This is not art! What is the meaning for homeless scenes by the way????

... yet very few cineastes will have the stomach to watch it from beginning to end.

No, it is not torture porn. Nor is it shlock in the grand western tradition of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.

It is a distinctly Japanese attempt to explore the nature of the relationship between men and women.

This is made crystal clear by seemingly random cutaways to a "too cute to live" teenage couple who talk earnestly about male-female relationships, while the real exposition of the topic is left to the central characters. Who say almost nothing. But actually show us the dark side of the topic by their actions.