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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe  American Mary - Here's a frustrating experience for the horror fan - an original concept, one tailor made for the younger Cronenberg - is somewhat squandered in a glossy, entertaining but ultimately superficial fashion. A horror body modification movie is a great idea, the tired torture porn tropes can be revisited in a cerebral way - instead of butchering people, how about changing them? At what point does the body become so altered that the person no longer exists? how about swapping body parts, a contemporary Frankenstein myth? This movie skims over these ideas but sadly settles for a straightforward rape revenge narrative. Katherine Isabelle is OK but she can't do much with a script that takes her from A (stressed, ambitious medical student) to B (raving dominatrix style nutcase) in one jump. |
Thats pretty much what i thought.
Really wanted to like it.
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