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Most disturbing.... **** contains spoilers ****



I watched this last night on Netflix. I was expecting a run of the mill revenge yarn, but what I saw was anything but.

The cinematography was graphic, cuts right to the chase (so to speak). When we find out that Christian is cutting himself "to feel", I was surprised by that. I've tried to think of another movie I've seen that has an adult male character that does that, which to me made him intriguing. The pornographers were what they were.. there was varying degrees of guilt from each of them for what had taken place before, during and after filming. Jessica, herself, in my opinion was not entirely innocent. These are the nuances of the film that did not make it "run of the mill" for me.

And that brings me to the most disturbing aspect of this well made film. The guy that rapes Alice and brutalizes her (which thankfully, takes place off screen). I expected to see some brute.. but what we got instead was someone who looked like a professional, a banker or real estate agent perhaps. And the sickest of all them.

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