'The Isle'

[GK]

Who's seen this ? Found it on the Fright Fest 2001 site last night, followed it up on IMDB and then found it for pence at dddhouse. Sounds seriously creepy. Worth a punt ?

[Bish]

I was thinking about getting this myself. Anyone seen it?

[staffyman]

Yeah, its a good movie... Very nasty in some places...

I'm not quite sure how many times you'd want to watch it though...

[JPMO]

Saw it at the Cambridge Film Festival and went home really disappointed. It's honestly not very good. I've seen it tagged as a spiritual sequel to Audition, presumably because (a) it's Asian and (b) features some really unpleasant goings-on but that's as far as it goes. It lacks the resonance and, frankly, the quality of the other films in the nu-Asian horror boom that it keeps getting lumped in with. In fact, it's disingenuous to label it a horror movie at all. It's really an Ai No Corrida style story of intense passion, and a rather boring one at that.

If you can pick it up dirt cheap then it's worth it for the most unpleasant scene I've ever seen (or rather scenes - both involving... nah, I won't spoil it) but otherwise save your pennies

[GK]

Thanks, JPMO - most comprehensive. Might just lump it in with me battle Royale order ... (Now that would be a grim package ... maybe I should play safe with Shaolin Soccer ... mmm ...)

[johntchance]

Do get it, its well worth watching. Great atmosphere, some very graphic moments as well as some black humour.

[DCH]

The film I think tends to polarise opinions. I liked it. I know several people who hated it. It's not as gruesome as some folks make out though.

In terms of the r3 DVD, I picked it up from DDDHouse and, despite only having trailers as extra's, I thought it a good buy. Image quality and audio are both fine, though the subs seemed a bit different from the ones in the cinema.