The plot of this film honestly seemed amazing and intrigued me; so many films such as The Lovely Bones and Never Let Me Go are always against getting justice for the unfair loss of a loved one, but what about two grieving parents who lose their son to a crazed pedophile, only to see him get possible parole? How far will they go to avenge their son? Pretty far, as it turns out when they turn their basement into a torture chamber and kidnap the guy, tying him up and slowly killing him through torture methods, very bizarre ones such as one involving a Soviet gas mask. The trouble is, they caught the wrong criminal, and are torturing just a harmless guy charged with fraud who has no idea who they are.
While the story itself was interesting and disturbing enough to be a truly messed up horror film, the acting was terrible, the soundtrack boring and unmemorable and the film itself could do with some serious length reduction. Unless you're a masochist or sadist, chances are you won't want to sit through over an hour of watching a supposed pedophile get violently tortured. It's actually rather sick, if you think about it. I can see using torture as a horror element but over an hour of it? Holy cow, that's way too far. And the gas mask scene was very frightening.
I wouldn't recommend The Tortured, although it did have potential. It was really lacking many things and was incredibly disturbing. You'll have to watch it yourself to see what I mean.
While the story itself was interesting and disturbing enough to be a truly messed up horror film, the acting was terrible, the soundtrack boring and unmemorable and the film itself could do with some serious length reduction. Unless you're a masochist or sadist, chances are you won't want to sit through over an hour of watching a supposed pedophile get violently tortured. It's actually rather sick, if you think about it. I can see using torture as a horror element but over an hour of it? Holy cow, that's way too far. And the gas mask scene was very frightening.
I wouldn't recommend The Tortured, although it did have potential. It was really lacking many things and was incredibly disturbing. You'll have to watch it yourself to see what I mean.