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This film documents the journey that is completing the Vermont 100 ultra-marathon for ultra-runner Zak. He tries three years in a row and "does not finish" (DNF) the first two years. The training, the physical preparation, the mental preparation, and the pure guts and grit are all perfectly captured and communicated in this film. If you're an ultra-marathoner it will likely hit home. If not, it might just inspire you to become one. Running 100 miles will break the human body down so completely and so thoroughly that nothing more than heart and mind can take you to the finish. This is by far one of my favorite "test of the human spirit" documentaries.

I am still a fan of the "torture porn" sun-genre of horror and found this film to be one of the best films of that genre.

Although I hated Levi I still felt horrible for him as the two lesbian actresses tortured him and performed the horrible things from Levi's film VICE. The story did a great job of taking the character development and switching the sympathy from the actresses to Levi.

The torture scenes were well executed. Rob Benedict screamed and cried as he was abused and hurt by the actresses more believably than any actor I've seen since Michelle Tomlinson, in THE CELLAR DOOR. The special f/x were executed in a "minimalist" but effective fashion.

All in all, I'd recommend this film. It is definitely a decent hybrid of the "rape revenge" and the "torture porn" sub-genres of horror.