This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

ridiculous rating

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

I've seen both Synapse versions now. The 'yellow' one I saw a couple of years ago and I loved it, and finally last night I watched the 'red' one. And that last one has the porn in it. I'm pretty sure I like the yellow one better, even though I don't want to bash the red one; there is merit to bringing the awful truth of Madeleine(Frigga)'s situation to the screen in such a way.Otherwise 'Thriller - en grym film' is a hypnotic work, like a gruesome fairy-tale, that oozes serenity and simplicity, though it has certain amateurish aspects (acting, settings) that could take some of the fun out of it for some - I did hardly mind. Beautiful shots of rural Sweden or an city park contrast with the simple, grayish bedroom where Madeleine is tortured and abused. The main villain is a smooth operator, but his modus operandi is all the more evil and unscrupulous; the way he tears M. away from her family, causing them to commit suicide is as dark as things can get; comeuppance is inevitable... or maybe unfulfilling? Or simply the least she must do?Some aspects are rather unbelievable, such as the opportunities that M. gets to be trained in karate, shooting and driving, but in a way adds to the hyper-reality that 'Thriller' is shrouded in. The same goes for the fact that at some point every car that is passed, must crash and burn - that almost becomes funny at some point. But that fun is over when the last scene plays out; one of the best final revenge scenes I have ever seen. The camera-work in some of the (revenge) scenes was done with a rare sort of camera, provided by the Swedish army if I remember correctly from the 'yellow' edition, and that adds yet again to the hypnotic atmosphere of the film; even if those scenes would not be so great if they were played at normal speed and some acting in it isn't exactly fantastic... And last but probably most: the presence of the one-eyed little woman in a black leather jacket holding that giant shotgun: Christina Lindberg as Madeleine is epic, epic, epic.A big 9 out of 10.

I found this movie to be difficult to review mainly due to the fact that I am watching it in 2011. I am watching it 37years after it came out.So the "shocking scenes of violence" is no longer shocking. The "shocking story" is also no longer shocking. hence i will review the movie on how much/little I enjoyed the movie.I watched the uncut version of the movie which featured unsimulated sex scenes. There is actual penetration shown. However apart from the purpose of titillation the scenes were actually unneeded as they were just cut scenes. There are parts of the movie that also serves little to no purpose other then to showcase the "shocking violence" (circa 1974). These scenes made the movie disjointed. The ending and the vengeance was also so so (circa 2011 violence).The pacing of the movie is slow until about partway. I don't know, while I thought the movie was not bad, its not what you call enjoyable. I think thats the problem with genre movies like this. It relies on the "shocking" but time has move on and the shock effect isn't there (probably not a good commentary on present society). However I would say its watchable slightly entertaining.

A young girl (Christina Lindberg) is kidnapped by Tony (Heinz Hopf) who converts her in an addict to heroin and in a prostitute. She, of course, decides to take bloody revenge.Even if it's not the first film banned in Swedeen, this sexlpoitation film is as graphic as can you get, but is tastefully done in it's own distasteful images. Vibenus, sure can get a mood, that either you will love or hate. In it's original version, more than the blood and it's murders (The gore is not restrained but acceptable) is the sex scenes that take the controversy cake. The close-up of genitalia can make a mood if it's arguments are consequent, but here to be sincere, is only exploitative as porn.Still, the movie gets you. Lindberg and Hopf are right in the tone. It's moody, violent and hypnotic. Still this is really on tastes. The American cut, "They called her One Eye" restrain most of sex.

A young woman misses her bus and accepts a ride into the town by who she believes is a swell enough fellow, not knowing his plans for her. It seems Tony(Heinz Hopf)has a little enterprise where he picks up young women, treats them to a nice dinner, drugs their drink, injects heroine into their blood stream, day after day until the body needs it to survive, forcing them into prostitution to remain dependent on him and the narcotics. Madeleine(Christina Lindberg)has remained mute since a terrible sexual molestation at the hands of a rotten vagrant, whose relationship with her farming parents is close. Tony, after kidnapping her, sends typed cruel letters to Madeleine's parents claiming she no longer wishes to see them. Deeply hurt beyond repair, her parents commit suicide, and this act sends Madeleine careening into madness where she uses the money made through prostitution to train for combat on her days off. Tony doesn't recognize that she is studying martial arts with a karate instructor, learning how to drive a car at high speeds with an expert at car handling, and working with a professional gunman teaching her the ability to fire weapons with marksman skill. Only adding extra motivation to her cause, Madeleine discovers that Tony had a fellow hooker killed. The film shows an alternating group of customers who take advantage of her through rough sex(..one takes photographs of her in whatever positions turn him on), setting themselves up as future targets when Madeleine goes on her rampage, equipping herself with a sawed-off shotgun, stolen from a rifle range shack. Soon all of her training will pay off in one way or another until all who wronged her meet their doom, wishing they had never crossed paths with the one-eyed "pirate."Director-writer Bo Arne Vibenius handles the material with a methodical approach(..he sure takes his time, not in any hurry to speed the movie along)really ratcheting up the violence towards the very end as Madeleine hunts down and kills all those who caused her embarrassment and grief. In Peckinpah fashion, all the major action sequences are shot in slow motion, such as when victims are shot repeatedly by Madeleine's shot gun(..also, there an extended sequence where Madeleine pummels two policemen with her recently adopted martial arts skills). Shocking eyeball piercing packs a wallop. The hardcore scenes I could do without, but they merely represent the sex that was taking place, placing extra emphasis on why Madeleine sought to get even in the first place. Lindberg(..a stunning beauty, her pouty lips and long hair, never uttering a word, yet showing the burst of emotion when she sees the funeral procession taking away the caskets containing her parents;steely and cold-blooded when taking out those that wronged her)has the role of her career in this bleak, uncompromising exploitationer. The film essentially is made up of three parts:(1)Madeleine's capture and slavery(2)her influx of customers and preparation for her future revenge and (3)the bloody assault itself. Tony's fate is especially satisfying..if not as explicitly gory as I'd have liked. Lindberg's allure is the film's strongest asset, in my opinion. Her colored eye patch(..often matching her wardrobe)and leather trench-coat certainly add dimension to Lindberg's iconic image. The countryside of Sweden where a great deal of this takes place is idyllic.