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Aug 28, 2017
I can't believe the late critic Roger Ebert gave this movie an enthusiastic thumbs up. I found it almost unwatchable, and I've watched plenty of extremely violent movies over the years. But there's a point where cinematic violence becomes pornography; this movie surpasses that point with flying colors, thanks to some nerve toxin, adrenaline injections, scalpel, circular saw plus a few additional cutting tools. The plot is far fetched to the point of being preposterous, not even a genius could have achieved the stunts depicted, not even if he had a whole decade to set them up. If you thought the tunnel escape in Shawshank Redemption with a rock hammer was absurdly unrealistic, it pales in comparison to the escape tunnel depicted in this movie. Think of this movie as Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" combined with the "Saw" franchise on steroids, with just a dash of "Fracture" thrown in.