50 women are abducted by bored rich folk and forced to beat each other to death in one-on-one matches to save their own loved ones from being murdered. Sound familiar? Probably. It's nothing new with the exception of it being women this time around and it wisely avoids all the gratuitous nudity, lesbianism and rape scenes one would expect from such a film. However it doesn't skimp on the stomach-turning bloodshed. The level of graphic brutality earns the film a comfy spot in the horror genre based on the violence alone. At first the film doesn't offer much but mind-numbing cruelty but as we become more familiar with the characters and they with each other, the choices, consequences and sacrifices make it both interesting and distressing to watch. It's decent performances and clever writing raise the film above it's spotty premise and that's a disturbing yet pleasant surprise.
3 Death Proof girls out of 5
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