I had qualifications with it. It was rated "R" the Australian equivalent of the NC-17 rating for violence and it really is very violent. I could not make it through one scene without wincing at least once. Might be better to watch on DVD so you can stop it if you need to. When I wrote about it I described the violence as "people not only being punched and kicked into the shape of human Tetris blocks, they also manage to fall on the most painful thing each time, ouch!"
The Tetris blocks thing is not an exaggeration, a dude's face falls on a wall and becomes a right angle. When bones get broken the limb goes 90 degrees.
Not sure what they are going to do for the Raid 3 as they cannot possibly go more over the top than this film.
I might have been more sensitive to the violence having watched the Act of Killing last year also.
Also I do not have any movies this year I was looking forward to more than this film.
The Tetris blocks thing is not an exaggeration, a dude's face falls on a wall and becomes a right angle. When bones get broken the limb goes 90 degrees.
Not sure what they are going to do for the Raid 3 as they cannot possibly go more over the top than this film.
I might have been more sensitive to the violence having watched the Act of Killing last year also.
Also I do not have any movies this year I was looking forward to more than this film.
OTOH, some of the violence is just so over the top that you can't help but laugh (in a good way).
