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All Girls Weekend (2016)
Irredeemably awful
A solid contender for a spot in the top 10 worst movies I've ever seen - and I watch a lot of low-budget indie productions, particularly in the horror genre.
Combining the worst of a Blair Witch vibe with wooden acting and an utterly banal script and characters so paper-thin it's surprising they can stand, "All Girls Weekend" makes The Human Centipede look like it deserves an Oscar in comparison.
I saw in another review, this movie allegedly had a $1million budget - I find that hard to believe. I don't know, but if it's true it was a staggering waste of money and I can't fathom what they even spent it on.
The set is a small section of woods outdoors, save a couple of brief shots right at the start in a hotel room and a room in an abandoned building later on. The lighting, effects and production quality are all at a level you'd expect from a shoestring budget amateur production.
The plot is threadbare and what little is there doesn't make sense. Without putting in any spoilers (not that you could "spoil" this awful movie for anyone) - at one point there's a bit where there's a shot of a bear that is possibly stock footage, seeing as you don't see it in a shot with any of the cast.
Please don't waste your time with this. It was horrific, but not horror. I don't know what else to say.
Les 7 jours du talion (2010)
Nothing special, worth a watch if you like the genre
Although I have not included any direct spoilers in this review, I've ticked the "contains spoilers" box because I can't really describe how I felt about this film without giving at least some hint towards what happens. If you've not yet seen this film, read my review at your own risk :)
The most important point I want to make about this film is this: Do not be misled by other reviews that portray this as some sort of intense psychological thriller or philosophical piece with a strong moral point or undertone. It's neither of those things.
What we have here is basically what I would describe as a fairly bog- standard torture porn, albeit with a single male victim. There are no twists or hidden surprises in the plot, nor should you expect any personal development for any of the characters. Occasional scenes of the film's main character standing silently in a forest while looking reflective are, I assume, some loose attempt at making the film appear superficially artistic and I guess that seems to have worked for some people, but my own experience is that those people are reading in to something that isn't there. Seven Days carries no moral or cultural statement any more profound than the rather trivial observation that torturing someone for vengeance is wrong and probably won't satisfy you anyway - a point that is hammered home not through any nuances of plot or emotional drama, but by being bluntly stated in dialogue in the later stages of the film.
I can't recommend this one, I give it 3 out of 10 because it's just about watchable.