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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Alexandre Aja |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 June, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Lions Gate |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 031398179153 |
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Customer Reviews of High Tension (UMD Mini For PSP)
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>In High Tension, two girls go out to a farmhouse to study for the weekend. When a psychotic killer shows up on the doorstep and starts ripping his way through all the inhabitants, it's up to one of the girls to survive and try to free her friend from the killer's clutches. What follows is a graphically violent survival horror movie that is positively relentless. This movie is like Texas Chainsaw Massacre on crack. What I really liked about it was that the heroine made good choices throughout the movie. This is not the typical horror movie bimbo that screams and trips over nothing when she's running away from the bad guy. By the end of the movie, this girl has turned into a bit of a maniac herself. At one point, she reminded me of Patricia Arquette's character in TRUE ROMANCE, when she kills James Gandolfini. Bottom line is, this girl has got brains, and she's got guts. Points go to the French director for creating a female protagonist that defies expectations and conventions. The filmmakers also get points for good cinematography, writing and editing. All in all, this is a glossy and polished production. However, there is one flaw that keeps it from being a perfect horror movie. <
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>If you plan on seeing this movie, and you want to be surprised by the twist, stop reading now. <
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>The one and only problem with Haute/High Tension is that it uses a twist that has recently become my biggest pet peeve. This is the latest in a long line of movies where the main character is actually the killer but doesn't know it. Like HIDE AND SEEK, SECRET WINDOW or THE MACHINIST, the whole movie is a build up to the big reveal that the person we thought was the hero of the movie turns out to be the bad guy. In general, I think this is an incredibly cheap way to end a movie. To me, it ranks right up there with having the whole story turn out to be a dream. These are Twilight Zone endings that worked for Rod Serling back in the 50's or whatever, but they're completely telegraphed and transparent these days. The other problem that springs from this ending is that it calls into question some of the things that happened earlier in the movie. The story doesn't hold up to the scrutiny unfortunately. For example, there's a sequence where the killer is chasing our heroine in a car. She's driving a sports car and he's driving a truck. It makes you wonder, if she's really the killer, who's driving the car? There are quite a few holes like this that don't hold up afterward. <
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>Still, despite this hokey and contrived ending, High Tension is an effective and creepy thriller. It's definitely worth a rent, and you might even consider adding it to your collection after you know the twist because it's crafted so well. <
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Haute Horror?
Ahhh, the French. So much style over substance (Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Crimson Rivers). While the M. Night Shalamadingdong-like ending was unexpected for me, this beautifully done gore-fest was as predicatable as it was frustrating. My main issue with slasher movies is the sheer absurdity of the protagonists, as they make one ridiculous move after another, setting themselves up for death.
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Rip Off of Koontz Intensity but still worth watching
I'm stumped as to how the Powers that Be over at Random House haven't caught wind of this movie and filed lawsuit for plagiarism. This is a direct rip-off of Dean Koontz's novel Intensity published in 2000 or so---except for the plot twist at the very end. Maybe that's what saved the so-called-writers; just change the ending and all is well. Overall, as far as horror flixs go, I was entertained and liked the gore. I was only surprised by the plot twist at the end though, due to the prior reading of the Koontz novel (I mean it when I say most of the movie follows the book line by line/ scene by scene). Still worth renting and worth buying if you didn't read the novel and the plot is "new" to you.