This noxious thriller makes a hero out of Rex (Ben O’Toole), a army veteran who served time after killing a girl in an try and halt an armed theft. After Rex’s launch from jail, he hopes to clear his thoughts with a visit to Finland — however his trip is reduce brief when masked assailants assault him in an airport taxi and blast him with sleeping fuel.
Rex wakes up hanging from a basement ceiling, with one leg sawed off under the knee.
He rapidly deduces that he’s in a household dwelling, an assumption that’s confirmed when Rex is briefly visited by Alia (Meg Fraser), the presumably sympathetic daughter of the home who has been compelled to serve her cannibal brother.
The state of affairs is match for horror, however the director Alister Grierson doesn’t settle right into a tone of pure terror. As a substitute, he has the certain Rex begin up a dialog with an imaginary model of himself — a projection who has the way of thinking to make a plan. The duo try and strategize their method out, and the banter between the 2 Rexes supplies a supply of deranged comedy.
The issue is that Grierson’s gesture at humor solely amplifies the repulsiveness of the state of affairs — the gore of Rex’s dripping leg, the cartoon villainy of his captors. The movie tries to take a maximalist method to genres, methods and tones, however the impact is discordant and scattershot. One minute Grierson is incorporating fantasy sequences and flashbacks, the subsequent the film takes a detour for romantic comedy. It’s a buffet of solely bitter dishes, a rank fete of foulness.
Bloody Hell
Rated R. Working time: 1 hour 33 minutes. In theaters and obtainable to hire or purchase on Apple TV, Vudu and different streaming platforms and pay TV operators. Please seek the advice of the rules outlined by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention earlier than watching motion pictures inside theaters.
