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Cool, but very violent *spoilers*


I was surprised at the level of violence in this film.

*spoilers below*

Like when Colin killed (!!!) Ed with a nasty kick to the chest, and who else winced big time when the men were shaking the baby carriages of those women??

Stylish film, but it would have been much better without the very violent scenes.


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Colin never kills Ed and how old are you to be shocked by the scene where he shakes an empty cradle?...

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It certainly appears he kills Ed. But even if he didn't, the scene was intense.

And what are you even talking about?? The baby carriages were not empty! The men shook the carriages violently in the streets, with babies shrieking in them!
Of course in real life they used dolls, as this is a film, but I was speaking of the film itself!



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I'm really surprised at people thinking this was violent. There was no blood, no gore, Ed is NOT killed and the carriages obviously had fake babies! How many films do u guys see? In this film the imagery and songs stayed with me. The violence was very minor.

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The baby carriage scene was hilarious, it was blatantly a doll, you could see the thing bouncing up and down.

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