Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
ritabruce
In short it's brutal, touching, sickeningly violent and disturbing. You root for the victim all the way through with your heart in your mouth. I loved it and would welcome a follow up although the ending as it stands adds to the impact it leaves on you.
Kat Webb
Not once but three times there is a scene with an under age girl getting raped. This movie should be banned. I find it deeply disturbing and sick, not in any entertaining in any sense. It goes way too far trying to tell an Anne Frank type story.Also the main actress in the movie seems to be able to crawl up into a vent near the ceiling and put the cover back on. I find this impossible as she would need to carry the vent cover up with her but she needs both hands to climb into the vent and she cant just reach down and grab the cover once she's in there as it's too far down.I find it very hard to believe a frail young girl would be able to murder a trained military combatant as well.
rsantapv
Angel is a young deaf girl who we find living amongst the horrors of war, rape, drugs, and death. Despite the seemingly negative setting and events, this movie provides many instances of cinematic beauty. Some of the most striking visuals are when the director uses silence to convey how things appeared to Angel. While I have seen a handful of movies with deaf characters, this is the first to make me believe I was truly seeing things through their (or in this case Angel's) eyes. The perspective is so great at times it makes me wonder if the director has had a close friend or family member who was deaf.The story itself was very dramatic and the theme of revenge readily conveyed. It is a graphic movie so for some it may not be their cup of tea, however, it really is a well directed movie with a gripping edge-of-your-seat storyline. To note, I wouldn't classify it as a horror movie but it is very much a thriller that will keep you rooting for Angel to make it out of her hell.
suite92
Set in the Balkans in 1996 during war. Goran rounds up women, keeps the few he likes for his house of prostitution, and kills the rest. Goran selected the deaf-mute Angel to serve as housekeeper of sorts in the whore house. Goran had Angel's mother shot to death before her eyes.Viktor runs the whore house and treats Angel less savagely than he treats the involuntary prostitutes. Angel is slim enough to navigate the air vents. She uses this to do the prostitutes small favors, like giving a piece of chocolate.When Goran returns, one of his soldiers brutally uses one of Angel's friends. He suffocates her while he reaches climax. Angel witnesses this, and stabs the rapist multiple times. She barely escapes through the air vents. The rest of the soldiers decide to find her.Will Angel escape? Will there be any justice for the rapist military criminals? -----Scores-----Cinematography: 6/10 Good, though sometimes more than a bit out of focus. There was a tendency to show fog way too much. Outdoors, sure. Indoors? That is harder to believe.Sound: 4/10 Sometimes fine. Often the conversation levels are very low, while the dramatic incidental music is off-the-charts loud.Acting: 6/10 Sean Pertwee and Rosie Day were fine, and Kevin Howarth was not bad. The rest of the cast was poor.Screenplay: 6/10 Slow and methodical, and fairly convincing in its description of real horror in large quantities. However, I thought it gave in too often to portraying people as caricatures rather than more rounded individuals. I liked the last scene with Angel and Goran, though I thought there was not enough retribution.