Directed by:
Taylor SheridanCinematography:
Stewart YostCast:
April Matson, Greg Cipes, Heidi Mueller, Maya Hazen, Ian Bohen, Kieron Elliott, Elisha Skorman, Maria Olsen, Eric Jay Beck, McKenzie Westmore, Akeem SmithPlots(1)
A group of friends stop to pick up a hitchhiking woman only to end up getting drugged by her with a gas. They awaken to find that vials have been implanted in the base of their skulls - which are instantly fatal if they are removed. A professional looking woman informs them on TV screens that they have 22 hours to fill these vials with, a brain fluid that is produced during times of extreme pain. Along with another group of unlucky test subjects and with time ticking away they decide to work together and share the burden of reaching their painful target. Pain is the new terror-hit, which can easy keep up with genre hits like Saw. The film raises the question of how much pain a person can endure in order to save his own life. In his directorial debut, Director Taylor Sheridan precisely analyses the behaviour of people in extreme situations. He leads the viewer into the deepest depths of the human soul, where the morals and ethics are the subject to their own survival. (Gryphon Entertainment)
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I feel necessary to reject this film with a categorical NO. The moment it starts to grind, Vile is no longer a horror film, not only in terms of art and the result of a creative process, but also as mere fun. A recycled plot and an empty script. The problematic premise of procuring raw materials for the production of drugs doesn’t say much about anything, it’s just a gimmick to justify what is basically gratuitous violence. The amount of violence and pain is actually already set and the story can not move forward until the characters fulfil it. Perhaps a couple of years ago I would have given it an average rating for the craftsmanship, but I’m no longer into torture porn. Boring, boring without sense.
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The film Vile is especially for those who like violence against people in a horror. I don't mind movie violence, but I was somehow hoping the story would be more interesting overall, but it collapsed into violence for the sake of violence, even though one could expect more interpersonal conflict. Based on other reviews, I was expecting this to be an interesting, gritty piece. It's not that interesting. Here, it would be worth playing more with the story.
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