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Created Mar 17, 2008 01:29PM PST • Edited Mar 17, 2008 01:29PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Bad 1.0

   Overall this movie is as predicable and formulaic as every other Aeriel killer with a unique MO film out there. The plot had potential but never lives up to much of anything, and instead of making any kind of statement about American’s obsession with “torture porn” is just mimics it.

4. Acting

   Bad 1.0

   Notice how the poster is just a big picture of Diane Lane? That should tell you more than enough. Her performance is the only decent one, and the rest is just background noise.

5. Male Stars Bad 1.0

6. Female Stars Bad 1.0

7. Female Costars Bad 1.0

8. Male Costars Bad 1.0

10. Film

    Good 3.0

    No complaints here, everything looks well done, but there’s nothing special about it either.

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.4

    Some of the torture scene can be pretty graphic. There is a short but graphic shot of a suicide as well as several shots of skin being melted away. No sex and only mild language though.

17. Sex Innocent 1.3

18. Violence Savage 4.0

19. Rudeness Salty 1.8

21. Reality

    Glib 2.0

    Though the movie is clearly based on Internet voyeurism and America’s obsession with watching sick/shocking stuff on camera, the idea that someone would be able to get away with such acts for more than a day is not believable.

22. Circumstantial Glib 2.0

23. Biological Glib 2.0

24. Physical Glib 2.0