ath ▁Bell ▁anno ying ly ▁comb ines ▁pre tt ified , ▁s lick ▁visual ▁film making ▁( but ▁with ▁no ▁real ▁depth ) ▁and ▁g ag - ind uc ing ▁tort ure ▁por n ▁excess es : ▁it ' s ▁simultaneously ▁te pid ▁and ▁lack l uster ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁and ▁gross ▁and ▁off ensive ▁on ▁the ▁other "; ▁he ▁also ▁regarded ▁the ▁screen play ▁as ▁a ▁" f et id ▁mess " ▁with ▁an ▁un con vin cing ▁central ▁prem ise , ▁but ▁gave ▁credit ▁to ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁Lee ▁Be om - so o . ▁A ▁review ▁for ▁Tw itch ▁also ▁label led ▁the ▁film ' s ▁prem ise ▁as ▁" rid icul ous ", ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁say , ▁" Le e ▁Be om - S oo ▁certainly ▁tries , ▁and ▁the ▁tempo ▁keeps ▁building ▁dec ently ▁until ▁the ▁end , ▁but ▁there ’ s ▁really ▁no ▁v ibe ▁to ▁it . ▁It ’ s ▁just ▁a ▁succession ▁of ▁tort ures ▁and ▁mur ders , ▁with ▁no ▁sense ▁of ▁surprise , ▁no ▁interest ... ▁[ and ] ▁no ▁them atic ▁conscious ness ▁what so ever ". ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁ ▁Re leased ▁on ▁ 6 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁in ▁ 3 6 6 ▁the at res ▁nation wide , ▁the ▁film ▁gross ed ▁$ 2 , 3 7 0 , 7 8 5 ▁and ▁received ▁ 5 7 5 , 2 3 1 ▁adm issions ▁on ▁its ▁opening ▁week end , ▁placing ▁it ▁third ▁at ▁the