Is ‘“Battle Royale” in an office’ too much of a gross-out?
EW’s Darren Franich was kinder than most other criticsreviewing the film.
“A mass execution starts off troubling and then, somehow, becomes hilarious.
(Paraphrasing Stalin: One death is a tragedy, many deaths are farce.)
If ‘hilarious mass execution’ sounds upsetting, I shouldn’t mention the exploding heads.
We live in disturbing times.Belkois an appropriately disreputable, gleefully disturbing movie.”
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I am well aware that writing about movies is quite the cushy gig.
you could leave the theater.
Most of the time, I can’t.
But Greg McLean’s hyper-violent gross-out pushed me past the point of professional courtesy.
I offer no apologies."
Mass killing set to classical music isn’t so original, either.
(McGinley in particular relishes his ability to unnerve.)
TheAnimal FarmmeetsTexas Chainsaw Massacreclimax yields some clever twists.
and start worrying about the people who invent such conundrums."
This is partly due to the film’s tightly controlled tone.
Why he or the film’s producers thought anyone else would feel differently remains a mystery."
The filmmakers likewise keep the action menu as diverse as it is relentless (and often gory).
Many people will either love or hate this film based on how gory and aggressively cynical it is.
But realistically, Gunn’s biggest conceptual failure is that his scenario is thoughtlessly cruel.
A.A. Dowd (The A.V.
McLean, by contrast, tends to play extremity nightmarishly straight.
