The Devil's Rejects (Special Edition) (DVD)

...is a light leap from the original. The first film was filled with MTV style jump cuts, a punishing and at times banal sound track and repeated shocks. Towards the end of the film it did manage a truly strange atmosphere and was something slightly different, but overall has to been seen as a failure. All this changes with The Devil's Rejects. Based on the exploits of a twisted and violent family the film throws away much of the story from the original ...
...Basically cut in two halves, the film spends the first part establishing how violent and unpleasant the family are - and does it with a blood drenched sequence of vignettes that leave everyone cold. When I watched the film in the cinema I'd never seen so many people leave. For perhaps the first time since the seventies we see a real sense of sexual violence on the screen and it's very hard to watch. By the time the family make it to their supposed ...

jarowdowsky 29.10.2007 · Read full review
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...it wasnt scary but gory. The idea of the situations are scary and those who do not like scenes of a very violent nature or blood and guts will not enjoy this film as it doesnt make you jump but their is lots of violence. The film is about a killer family who seek money, love, and revenge very similar to natural born killers but much more modern and i would say more exciting. The acting isnt fantastic and i dont think i knew any of the actors, but ...
...up for any poor acting. The setting was remote and camera angles were clever and made the film very interesting. I was dissappointed with the ending and felt it was a let down after the excitement of the main story, but it is still a good watch. Great for a sit down with friends and a nice easy watch. I recently read a lot of other reveiws on this film and another film that popped up a lot was "1000 corpses", i personally havent ever watched this ...

loz1145 05.01.2007 (08.01.2007) · Read full review
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