Reviews

There are many things that could be said about "Martyrs". Some would say it is a violent exploitation film, others would say that is is a gory horror flick, but it is neither. From the first moment the film starts the viewer gets drawn into a bleak world, a young girl running away from sadistic abusers, we do not who they are yet will eventually. The girl escapes but the psychological and physical damage has already left a very severe mark. Years later an apparently simple family home becomes the setting of a horrific nightmare, a nightmare years in the making, carried out by a young woman plagued by grotesque visions symbolizing her pain when she endured as a child. Very soon the viewer knows that terrible individuals were responsible for an act that is beyond inhuman. Then the movie starts with a normal family breakfast that turns into a bloodbath, and very soon lines are blurred of who actually is the antagonist. The girl getting revenge or the people that caused her to commit a heinous massacre. The last two acts of the film combing glorious elements of existentialism and deep dramatic character development that culminates in a terrifying yet bittersweet finale. Obviously influenced by many real world cults and reminiscent of the Jonestown incident this film will leave you thinking. It really should be watched twice. People that compare this to Irreversible or Frontiers are not very smart as both of those films are garbage.

Watch this film as you will not be disappointed as long as you can handle the violence.

10/10

this movie will disturb you as it shows some really graphic content-sexual images in a gay sex club, a brutal murder with a fire hydrant, a sustained rape and beating and other scenes. but yet when you watch it you feel a shocking sense of realism and tragedy about how someone's life in a regular night can be destroyed in a tragic moment it shows you the consequences of anger, violence, hate and revenge. it is told in a superb way backwards because it starts of dark and ends in a beautiful peace which in fact makes it more tragic. watch it if you think you can handle it for it is quite good but not necessarily enjoyable and the moment between Alex and Marcus at the end is quite touching. THIS FILM IS NOT RATED BY THE MPAA BUT THIS IS HOW I WOULD RATE IT - NC-17 for - brutal graphic violence, degenerate images of perverse sexuality and graphic nudity, a sustained intense brutal rape sequence, language and sexual dialogue, and drug use.

this has got to be one of the worst major releases in years. the movie is about a gangster{ben affleck} who teams up with a lesbian gangster{jennifer lopez} to guard a mentally challenged kid while they wait for orders from their boss;that's practically the whole story.the film is very boring and sometimes just plain dumb. the dialogue is bad as is the acting.the worst thing about this movie is the story , it makes no sense and it is simply horrible.there are 2 scenes in the movie which were a little bit enjoyable;- 1.a scene were ben affleck tries to seduce lopez and she says you're not my type, he says "what about me is not you're type?" she says, your p*nis. 2.a scene where they're in the post office and lopez starts flirting with another woman, much to the dismay of affleck.apart from that this is a very bad movie and you should not watch it.