This film received a low score from me because elements robbed me from the experience. For a thrilling home invasion film, I recommend 1997 Austrian "Funny Games" or for a confusing maze of mystery and assumption, 2007 Spanish (Spain) "Timecrimes" and for a strange and intense family in crisis, a family in conflict film, I recommend 2009 Greek film "Dogtooth". **Spoiler Alert** I'd love to be a resource for writers and directors, (like that'll ever really happen), because I see flaws in reasoning and or in filming which swoops me right out of the moment from enjoying the presentation to critiquing it, for example: 1) How is a perfectly round opening made in a cellar door, and furthermore how is it accomplished with an ax? 2) Nailing the wood boards on the underside, inside of the cellar doors is not a reasonable thing to do because it is easily pressed down since the nails are in freshly milled lumber and would readily slip out of weathered wood, and logistically will loosen the existing door material before it will be successfully installed, thus standing in the open door, nailing into the outside of damaged door would be more practical, and still allow the woman to later silently push the boards outward to escape. 3) Vocalization summons the enemy, the enemy leaves and yet woman continues with vocalization! Surprisingly, the enemy doesn't return. 4) Breathing inside a loose plastic bag: after several erratic breaths, the bag shifts, enough material sucks into the mouth, and can easily be scizered off because even an itty bitty amount of plastic bitten off in the front teeth is plenty to breathe through. 5) Once a weapon is used to subdue an enemy to the point of assumed death, why would a victim put the rock down on the dock? Wouldn't it stay in the hand? Wouldn't fear and adrenaline cause us to carry it with us to be used again as needed?
annoying, but I kept hoping it would get better since we all make mistake, and was teased into believing it might get better by nice elements such as covering her mouth to keep quiet. The "dad" character was a fun surprise.
Review of Torment
