Such a frustrating disappointment

Highly Overrated But Still Good

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The Life Zone is a confusing movie. It's not that the plot was hard to follow or anything but it mistakenly paints It's own side as the bad guys. Talk about a bold move, or it would be if the creators had any kind of self-awareness. It's almost as if the makers of this movie just wanted to throw as many pro-life and anti-abortion propaganda and didn't care about anything else. It's okay though, most Christians don't care about the plot of the movie, the acting, directing or anything else so long as the message is one they like. The plot is rather thin. Three women, all pregnant and wanting an abortion. It's simple enough but things get complicated when they pass out and awaken in a hospital with nobody there except a creepy doctor who is trying to force them to give birth. This is important so keep it in mind for later.He forces them to watch propaganda movies of abortions while drinking warm milk. Is this supposed to be a message to the audience. Is it an attempt at symbolism? Who knows. It does work on two of the women and they decide to keep their babies The third one still wants her abortion. The twist is that the other two women weren't really there and the one wanting the abortion already died on the operating table. And the doctor, seemingly distraught over this commits suicide. She then realizes that she and the doctor are now in hell. End credits.The fact that the women are literally being forced to give birth shows that the makers of this movie don't understand why this is a bad thing. Remember free will? Christians always say that it's up to us to make the decisions. Sure a case could be made that she already made her decision and this is her punishment but it really doesn't feel that way. It feels more like a way to insert a hamfisted message that abortions are bad period.

I enjoyed this movie. I agree, it definitely wasn't a thriller, suspense, or horror, but I loved the plot.I am pro-choice, and I do not see how this movie is nothing but pro-life propaganda. Yes I get the point is the three women using their choice for abortion loose it and are forced to vary out the pregnancy, but otherwise they still showed both sides. I have gone through the experience of abortion, and struggled with it until I watched this movie.I wouldn't say it's great, but I wouldn't give it the awful ratings it gets. It was a decent movie if you ask me. Some of it seemed harsh, and I didn't care for the religion behind it, but then again one of my favorite movies is a biblical stories.Overall I disagree. The acting wasn't awful. The plot was a bit intriguing. I wanted to see them really try to escape or live out their lives with their babies. But I enjoyed the movie. I loved the ending twist with it being purgatory though.

I originally watched this movie because of my love for horror movies. I looked up some reviews on this site only to see this was apparently a terrible movie, witch only made me want to watch even more. I love horror movies, but I love the laugh a terrible movie can provide even more.If you are like me, however, you won't like this movie. The completely terrible and laughable concept of this movie is outweighed only by it's offensive nature. The movie revolves around 3 women who get kidnapped by some pro-life psychos just before having an abortion, and end up getting forced to have their children and debate about the topic of abortion. If you think the plot is already offensive, here's the kicker, throw in religion! Yes, this movie exists only to send the message that if you get an abortion, you go to hell.At first I thought it would be mildly interesting, I love debating and seeing other's views on matters such as this. However, both sides of the issue look completely laughable in this movie, and everything during the movie is completely pointless as it's later revealed that the women were already dead and in hell, dying from their abortions.Sorry for revealing the ending, but if you have an ounce of integrity and common sense, take my word, this movie is nothing more than propaganda for pro-life fundamentalist parents to show their kids to scare them into not only avoiding abortion, but also having them force their mortality on other people, just as this movie did.

at least that is an actual horror movie, no preaching and Ron Pearlman is in it. I made the mistake of watching this on Netflix without looking it up ahead of time. Biggest mistake ever. While I understand with pro-lifer's stance, but respectfully disagree, this movie is the sort of crap you know the fundie extremists are showing to their daughters to scare the crap out of them.The basic argument of abortion is murder aside, the part that real got me was the idea that Satan/Lucifer gets to run purgatory. I may be a pagan who's forgotten to bulk of her Catholic school lessons, but even I remember enough to call bull on that. Well that and the fact that an abortion is all it takes to get you locked in the middle ground.This isn't a horror movie, its poorly written propaganda. No matter where you on the issue of abortion I think we can all agree people who make movies like this shouldn't even be allowed in the debate.