It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
... View MoreIt isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
... View MoreThis film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
... View MoreThe thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
... View MoreI was quite impressed with the start of this movie, it has this bleached out look as if made back in the 1970s and you can feel the humid heat of the area as the girls chat and travel along in the car. Once they find the body of a girl beside the road who's been raped and battered things (in terms of acting) kinda slip a little. The actual rape of the girls which inevitably comes soon after, is probably not violent enough for a movie like this to really get the blood boiling for the expected later revenge. I remember the first time I saw I Spit On Your Grave (the original) I almost wanted to climb into the screen and kill those guys myself. The rape here though (to me) was portrayed a little too erotically (if thats the right word) and didn't convey the true horror that something like this entails. Effectively, if I watch a movie which involves rape and revenge, the rape should be horrible enough to set up the vengeful violence later (which must be twice as brutal to satisfy me). Isn't that what everyone wants?Hmm... Which leads me to that...The revenge:Well, it's just not very gory. OK, some may disagree (maybe I've seen too many horror flicks lol) but a minor hammer beating, and a barbed wire strangulation are a bit weak. Although a better director maybe could have built the tension up that these sufficed. Sadly there's little in terms of tension in the movie. I can see what the director was trying to do by hoping to create a bleak landscape with little dialogue. But a lot of it just doesn't work (again, the early part of the movie is excellent in doing this though). In the end, you really aren't given enough meat to build a huge connection and pity for the girls, and you aren't given enough bloody revenge against the men either. And I must say, that last killing, or form of, caused me to burst out laughing. I mean, really? This movie sadly, was a bit of a pig's ear.
... View MoreRape/revenge movies aren't supposed to be enjoyable. And this is not enjoyable but it's a great piece of film making and a great addition to the genre. For many, it may feel far too slow and even dull, but that's where the strength and power of the movie lies. As with Funny Games, the director refuses to rush through the mundane, forcing the viewer to acknowledge the reality simulated on the screen. An exploitation director wouldn't spend 3 minutes on burial, let alone on a long shot of it. Adrián García Bogliano also takes defies convention by keeping the soundtrack minimal and ambient emphasizing the dull horror of not only the rapes, but of the revenge. The huge accomplishment of this movie is in getting the words "subtle" and "rape/revenge movie" into the same sentence.
... View MoreWhen Meir Zarchi made I Spit On Your Grave in 1978, he would never have comprehended the legacy that his film would eventually generate. Seen as one of the more controversial of the named video nasties, it and the genre it has recently been generating is making waves again.This Argentine roughie must rank as one of the more effective and respectful homages to Zarchi's film. Except that here, experienced micro-budget horror director, Bogliano, takes the genres usual conceits and batters the viewers conscious for the entire duration.Filmed in the stark sunshine of a remote part of Argentina, a group of four young girls drive past a battered and bloody body of another girl. After taking the body to the local police, upon leaving they are followed by a trio of hunters who show little mercy.Anyone who has seen I Spit On Your Grave or, indeed, last year's remake will know the direction the film will turn. The violence is very naturalistic which will repulse the unweary. Add to this a relentless, uneasy soundscape that permeates throughout (think Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974) which is both grating and disturbing in equal measure. A brilliant example of effective low budget film making, using subtle sound techniques to off put the viewer, making you forget any budget limitations (there are noticeably a few).The performances from the four leads are pitched perfectly. Bogliano not too indulgent with giving background detail, although a sense of compassion is forced upon us. This is especially true following the brutal ordeal that the group go through. Directly after the violent assault(s), there can be very few scenes as disturbing or powerful in recent memory as the reaction that the group's youngest member conveys, her character completely broken.Whether anybody would want to watch such fare is really an individual choice. But there is no doubt that this is the real deal - a modern grindhouse film without the retro trappings currently being thrown at us. Granted, there are references abound (see who the film acknowledges in its opening credits for further clues), particularly from the original grindhouse movement (Thriller: A Cruel Picture is covered on a number of occasions for instance), but No Morire Sola remains a horrific horror ordeal. A true video nasty.
... View MoreHaving seen this movie, come up as one mean nasty brutal shocker, I was very interested in giving it a chance. I read the positive and quite provoking reviews on IMDb, got my hands no this movie, and really gave it a chance. I really wanted to... What I got in return was the dullest, most outright senseless piece of garbage I cam across in quite a while. Never was one scene interesting or thought through enough to hold my attention longer than 10 sec. Never was one of these so called "characters" (because sincerely that had NOTHING to do with acting), likable enough, for me to care for them the least bit.The scenery, laughable, the screenplay, not to mention, character design, emotional depth of each of the figures, the plot, I will write it again the PLOT, was just not existent! Thankfully due to the state of modern technology we are able to enjoy, i fast forwarded the last 30mins or so, so not more of my life time would be stolen!For those who shall be interested in watching this nonsense, read the weather forecast for the next week, it will thrill you far more than this ever could!
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