Overall, quite a basic thriller with the casual dark-humor. As an Israeli, I must applaud to the recent quality of Israeli films, not just in the script domain but in the delivery (shots, scenery, music, general atmosphere, editing, etc.). This movie is obviously an homage for several dark horror movies like Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead, Hot Fuzz and the likes i.e. a serious wanna be film with psychotic characters and horror-like theme.
Some reviews mentioned no character here is likable - yep... so what? It's like criticizing the script for being a script :)
The plot was quite straightforward (there was no real doubt that our pedophile was THE pedophile...) and apart from the last scene, which was crafted quite nicely, all the rest was put on the table right from the start. It's obvious to me that the film goal was plainly to entertain, especially if you're from Israel so you can quite relate to the fact that even psychopaths have a polish Jewish mom ;)
All in all, one of the better Israeli productions of the recent years (along with Ajami) and at least one that doesn't involve the usual Israeli-Palestine conflict (apart from the mounted-on-horse nice Arab character).
Give it a try if blood (the "red liquid") doesn't give you nausea!
Some reviews mentioned no character here is likable - yep... so what? It's like criticizing the script for being a script :)
The plot was quite straightforward (there was no real doubt that our pedophile was THE pedophile...) and apart from the last scene, which was crafted quite nicely, all the rest was put on the table right from the start. It's obvious to me that the film goal was plainly to entertain, especially if you're from Israel so you can quite relate to the fact that even psychopaths have a polish Jewish mom ;)
All in all, one of the better Israeli productions of the recent years (along with Ajami) and at least one that doesn't involve the usual Israeli-Palestine conflict (apart from the mounted-on-horse nice Arab character).
Give it a try if blood (the "red liquid") doesn't give you nausea!