fuzzy_bat First - in a way, this was a take on the 1986 film, "The Boys Next Door" with Charlie Sheen yet on a slightly different level. If you've seen the film and still think it's just about two girls getting revenge, then go watch it again and look very carefully at the first scene.There's a reason there's a hold on LU for 60 seconds. Go ahead, watch it. Study her face. Her hair. Really look at it.Now look in the round mirror when she gets up to leave the bathroom.Now you get it?I'd also like to point out that Nathan Larson's score really knocks this film out of the park. I know scores. I've collected them over the decades and have an eye and ear for empathetic scoring - Prime examples of this are Blade Runner and Tangerine Dream's The Keep. It doesn't take a bombastic orchestra to score a film yet Basil Poledouris's Conan The Barbarian is one of those amazing scores that also works. Nathan however really digs into the vibe of this film's imagery (also very well done... almost Michael Mann at times...) and the whole thing plays out perfectly.

bfd21552 Think "Black Swan" with FX for a three-year old. Or, think "The Corn Dog Man" with no plot, humor, quality writing . . . or ANY real complication. Or, think "The Rape of Lucrece" w/o poetic Drama . . . Or, think about any "story" totally dependent upon sex & violence. Wonder about WHY anyone would enjoy such plagiarism disguised as art but existing as nearly pure twaddle. Is cheap exploitation Art? What would Aristotle think of this film as "drama"? What would Charlie Chaplin think of this work as a waste of film? Is it really profitable to create such BAD cinema (it must be, as so many poor films are released). Wouldn't one learn more about philosophical existentialism by spending one's time pulling the wings off of flies? (Yes, one would.) Don't get me wrong; I UNDERSTAND what the message is. I UNDERSTAND the "techniques" (crude though they may be). What I cannot understand is why such a poorly made film was actually released upon an otherwise fairly guiltless universe. Still, if one likes pretension, slaughter, and gratuitous sex and violence--"git 'er Done!"

cms-771-821592 The victim Shae, like most victims, plays out the rage in her mind. She was in a rage, depression, disbelief, shock as evidenced by her flat affect when she was in the police station. Hence no police and the flashbacks to the scenes of the murders that, near the end, all looked like nothing happened. Every one copes this way at some time or another. Her alter ego even kills the good guy at the point she hates all men and realizes that all men are not evil and she reconsiders and kills her rage (roommate).It was a good movie in this respect. I hope DP gets more and better roles. I actually watched the whole movie. Danielle is very attractive and capable.

Katy C I'm surprised that the viewers didn't really understand the movie in it's entirety. Shae has just gone through a horrific rape, she has also been dumped by a narcissistic prick who has no real feelings for her. She's in her own personal hell. What does Shae do? She creates a fantasy. A fantasy where she and "Lu" go on a killing spree. Lu Lu is a figment of her imagination. She is the Riot Grrrl inside Shae. How do I know this? At the end the camera pans across to all the places they supposedly killed all those men. They are clean, free of any bloody carcasses. Why? Because no one died in these scenes. The director is letting us know that it never happened. Shae takes a bath, cleansing herself, starting fresh. She's ready to take on the world. She is no longer afraid. She's brushing her teeth and the camera pans right and shows us the Japanese robe "Lu" wore while killing Shae's DJ friend. It's hanging there as if it's always been there. It's Shae's bathroom robe. Then we see Shae at work, smoking in the stairwell. When she's talking to the crying girl, Right before Shae inhales the smoke from her cigarette, the camera goes out of focus on Shae's face and in the background you see another light. This light is of another cigarette being inhaled. This is letting us know that "Lu" is NOT dead. At least not in Shae's mind. Shae has now taken on Lu Lu's persona. She is no longer an innocent. "Lu" has always been there. And now she sit's behind Shae figuratively, keeping watch over her girl. Shae needed those fantasy's and "Lu" to get her through the rape and breakup. She will probably always distrust men. Of course it's all relative. This is what I perceived happened. I encourage you to watch it again if you don't believe me. I loved this movie. The acting, cinematography and music made it a really beautiful film that made me really think.