Surprisingly incoherent and boring

One of my all time favorites.

Just perfect...

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Although I have not included any direct spoilers in this review, I've ticked the "contains spoilers" box because I can't really describe how I felt about this film without giving at least some hint towards what happens. If you've not yet seen this film, read my review at your own risk :)The most important point I want to make about this film is this: Do not be misled by other reviews that portray this as some sort of intense psychological thriller or philosophical piece with a strong moral point or undertone. It's neither of those things.What we have here is basically what I would describe as a fairly bog- standard torture porn, albeit with a single male victim. There are no twists or hidden surprises in the plot, nor should you expect any personal development for any of the characters. Occasional scenes of the film's main character standing silently in a forest while looking reflective are, I assume, some loose attempt at making the film appear superficially artistic and I guess that seems to have worked for some people, but my own experience is that those people are reading in to something that isn't there. Seven Days carries no moral or cultural statement any more profound than the rather trivial observation that torturing someone for vengeance is wrong and probably won't satisfy you anyway - a point that is hammered home not through any nuances of plot or emotional drama, but by being bluntly stated in dialogue in the later stages of the film.I can't recommend this one, I give it 3 out of 10 because it's just about watchable.

I read the book before watching the movie. Les sept jours du Talion by Pat. Senecal was way better then the movie. Major element were not put in the movie. The deer thing was originally a dog always crying making Bruno Hamel go insane and yelling at the forest. The movie also forgot to show how crazy and mad bruno hamel turned. we didn't saw him driving drunk and almost crashing in cars. The story seemed incomplete since it lacked on explanation of why he turned like he was in the end. They really rushed the part were he organized the kidnapping of Lemaire, which in the book was methodical and complex that we saw he had turned cold and silent. For the actor part, Marc legault did a really good work, we really felt his anger and his pain. Other then that, not many actor seemed to emerge from the movie. The wife was also left apart of the story, making the movie miss another important thing from the book. In the end, it wasn't as good as 5150 rue des ormes, another book/movie from senecal, but it was worth watching it.

"Does knowing your wife's murderer is behind bars make life any more bearable?""7 Days" is a powerful and brutal film about a happily married surgeon who as a result of the rape and murder of his daughter falls into a dark obsession with revenge. WARNING: this movie is VERY graphic and not for the easily offended or people with a weak stomach. "7 Days" deals with a very difficult subject matter and does not hold back. Claude Legault (Bruno) and Rémy Girard (Hervé) did an incredible job with the acting. Fanny Mallette (Sylvia) also did wonderfully, though I would have liked to have seen more of her throughout the movie. I found myself wondering why the director did not feature more of the mother's struggle. There is one scene in particular that showcases the raw talent Legault and Mallette have. It was a tour de force of brilliant acting.However, the movie is not without it's faults. One of the more interesting decisions made by the director was to not include a musical soundtrack. This worked I think in favor of the atmosphere but there could have been some fill in music at times. It seemed like the director was trying to fill holes in the story a bit too hard. There were a couple of things that didn't make much sense to do and the ending left a little to be desired."7 Days" may not be the cream of the crop of revenge flicks, but it does succeed where others fail. It is such a harrowing subject matter and is shot in such a realistic way that you are forced to have an emotional response, whether you like it or not. There are some powerful visuals that will stay with you for days, possibly months after.

Not sure what the heck these other reviews are raving about. Most pathetic revenge flick ever. Watching a kid try to fry an ant with a magnifying glass is more disturbing than this movie. The father spends more time destroying furniture and yapping on the phone than exacting any sort of revenge on the pedophile. I kept waiting and waiting for the action to start, but it never started! Next thing I knew, the movie was over. I was hoping for something along the lines of Man On Fire, but this was a snore fest. It was not disturbing and nor was it realistic at all. The summary of the movie is this in a nutshell, "A father captures his daughter's killer/rapist and then doesn't know what to do next." Doesn't sound like a great revenge flick, and if I had known this from the beginning, I wouldn't have wasted my time.