Beaten to Death

Absurdly intense. They obviously had one goal here, to make a film with extremely violent scenes, but they could have come up with at least a plausible reason for it. God, after all, even a random incestuous mutant would make more sense than this plot travesty, the nature of which I don't want to spoil (but it's only surprising in how moronic it is). (2023.10.23)

Decent Australian revenge caper. After a very long time we have an Ozploitation flick for a very marginal audience and it fulfils its purpose. The story is almost non-existent, the script contained must have been one A4 page, so if you are one of those for whom the script is the mainstay of a film, avoid this one. Here we have a protagonist who literally suffers through the entire film, being beaten and tortured almost to death, experiencing an unbelievable martyrdom, fighting against men, against nature and against his own sanity, gradually descending into madness. It's low budget, but it feels quite realistic, it can be very unpleasant in some scenes (the eye gouging is a real treat), it's very raw, minimalistic and uncompromising – the very final shot is shocking! At times it's a bit boring though, as it's a bit of a chase through the Australian countryside, where bad things happen, but it's not delivered in a completely engaging way, which takes points away, but those who like similarly themed films should give it a chance. 6/10. (2023.10.02)