Tuesday, March 5, 2013

REVIEW: THE WOMAN(2011)


WELL WHAT SHOULD I EXCPECT WITH A POSTER LIKE THAT? THE VARIOUS COMMENTS ON IT ONLY PIQUED MY CURIOUSITY EVEN MORE. AND I GAVE THE WOMAN A CHANCE TO WRECK MY NERVES. AND OH BOY!THE RESULTS WERE ASTONISHING. I WAS BREATHLESS AS IF JUST BACK FROM A HALF MARATHON. REAL GOOD STUFF THIS....


SYNOPSIS: THE WOMAN IS A STORY OF A FERAL WOMEN LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST COAST FOR DECADES WHO IS CAPTURED BY A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY LAWYER SO THAT HE COULD 'CIVILIZE ' HER. BUT WHAT HE DOESNT REALIZE IS THE DANGER IT MAY CAUSE TO HIS FAMILY N PAYS THE PRICE.

WOMEN ARE RARELY HAPPY WITH A HORROR MOVIE COS OF ALL THE OBJECTIFYING THAT GOES AROUND IN THAT. THEY ARE RAPED MURDERED N ORDERED AROUND AS IF THEY ARE THE LESSER MORTALS. AND I CAN GIVE NO BETTER EXAMPLE THAN MY OWN COUNTRY(INDIA) WHERE WE ARE FACING ONE OF THE WORST SEXUAL VIOLENCE CRISIS. AND THAT MADE ME EMPATHIZE WITH THE ONSCREEN CHARACTERS EVEN MORE. AND THAT MADE IT QUITE AN UNCOMFORTABLE WATCH.

TALKING OF UNCOMFORTABLE IT IS QUITE SHOCKING ACTUALLY. CO WRITTEN BY JACK KETCHUM, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT BRUTALITY IS HIS MIDDLE NAME. AND PARTNER IN CRIME LUCKY MCKEE WHO ALSO DIRECTED THIS MOVIE BRING TO YOU A VIOLENT TALE OF SUFFERING AND RETRIBUTION WITH THEMES LIKE MISOGNY N INCEST. A FEATURE WHICH MIRRORS OUR TIME. A TIME IN WHICH THE WOMEN ARE TREATED AS OBJECTS RATHER THAN HUMAN BEINGS. IF YOU FELT ANGRY BY JUST WATCHING THIS THINK ABOUT THE MILLIONS WHO ARE FACING THIS EVERYDAY :(

BUT I REALIZE NOT ALL SHOCK MOVIES ARE GOOD. NOT ALL REVENGE MOVIES ARE GOOD. BUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SHOCK FOR THE RIGHT REASON WITH A LITTLE BIT OF REVENGE DOES THE WORK. AND BTW WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE SCENE WHERE THEY ARE WASHING THE FERAL WOMAN. IT WILL TEAR YOU APART BRIEFLY.

ACTING IN THIS MOVIE IS PRETTY DECENT WHICH TAKES THIS BRUTAL EXPERIENCE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. SEAN BRIDGERS WILL SEND A CHILL DOWN YOUR SPINE MOST CERTAINLY. ANGELA BETTIS N LAUREY ASHLEY CARTER ARE OK. BUT POLLYANNA MCINTOSH STEALS THE SHOW AS THE VISCERAL TITLE CHARACTER. PRETTY RAW STUFF WHICH SHOULD MAKE YOU CRINGE EVERYTIME YOU SEE HER.

THIS MOVIE ALSO BOASTS OF A GREAT BACKGROUND N AWESOME CINEMATOGRAPHY. BOTH BRINGING TO LIFE ,PROCEEDINGS WHENEVER IT THREATENS TO BECOME DULL. AND THE MUSIC SHOULD BE SINGLED OUT FOR THE AMPED UP EFFECT IT HAS ON YOUR NERVES. CHILLING....

IN THE END A BRUTAL MOVIE WHICH WILL MAKE YOU VALUE YOUR WOMEN MORE. IF YOU DONT ALREADY AHOLES ;) GO WATCH.... WOMEN THIS IS FOR YOU.

HighTension Meter- 8/10.

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