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To dispel doubts about her husband's fidelity a woman stages
her own kidnapping. To ensure the kidnapping's plausibility,
she forces the hired henchman to tie her up. When the kidnapping
evolves into a perverse, erotic role-playing game between
the consensual abductor and abductee, the two discover a mutual
interest in masochism and bondage. Things are not as simple
as they seem. Has the extorted husband been unfaithful? Is
the wife who she claims to be? Is the henchman a pawn, manipulated
by all to cover up a far more heinous crime?...
After
the success of Ring, Ring 2 and Dark Water,
master horror director Hideo Nakata returns to the screen
with a brilliant and mesmerising psychological thriller.
These
are the type of reviews I hate writing the most. This film
is so multi-layered and full of twists, it makes writing a
review of it, without giving anything away, very difficult.
The
basic plot seems simple enough: a woman stages her own kidnapping
by employing the services of a stranger. The only real problem
with this is that the stranger has a taste for bondage and
slightly strange sex. But the plot twists when you realise
that nothing is as it seems and the woman's husband gets involved.
The
film has flashes to the past and the future, this ensures
your attention and makes things complex but hugely entertaining
as the plot unravels in strange threads that you would not
have thought possible. I had started to lose faith in the
director Hideo Nakata, but instead of making another horror
that follows the same formula, he has come up with a thriller
that will smash most of Hollywood's attempts.
The film is a lovely, grain-free transfer and the DTS and
Dolby digital tracks are flawless. Extras on the disc include,
cast and crew information, a 'making of' documentary and some
TV spots. But best of all is a nice little film from the director
called Curse, Death and Spirit. Well worth looking
at.
If
you like your films, slightly twisted and complicated (like
I do), then I cannot recommend this enough.
Simon
Lee
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