Title: Painful
Product review: Perhaps I would have liked this movie more if I had either read the novel on which it is based or had seen the previous adaptation. As it was, I based my expectations on the trailer, and that proved to be a major mistake. The action sequences were good, but gory, and the gore didn't seem to have a point, such as was the case for the opening of "Saving Private Ryan." Some have described the movie as "ethereal" and "moodily philosophical." I found it to be overlong, disjointed, and unintelligible.To make matters worse, the DVD lacks worthwhile special features.Given the number of folks who seemed to have liked this movie, maybe it's a real hit-or-miss film. If so, I recommend you rent it first.
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