Gary Yates's Canadian indie unfolds with a strong sense of deja-vu.

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Geared simply, straightforwardly and, above all, honestly to providing absolute entertainment.

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Geared simply, straightforwardly and, above all, honestly to providing absolute entertainment.

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Coherent plotting takes a backseat to a rapidly rising body count.

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Coherent plotting takes a backseat to a rapidly rising body count.

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If this is what his 'film is dead, long live cinema' manifesto comes down to, then stop the future I want off...

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If this is what his 'film is dead, long live cinema' manifesto comes down to, then stop the future I want off...

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The combination of a hard-hitting expose of Thai prostitution with genre horror may sound intriguing on paper, but the result emerges as an oil and water mix.

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The combination of a hard-hitting expose of Thai prostitution with genre horror may sound intriguing on paper, but the result emerges as an oil and water mix.

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While handling the action with aplomb - the violence is low-key but high-impact.

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While handling the action with aplomb - the violence is low-key but high-impact.

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Slickly orchestrated by director Sergio Cabrera with good performances.

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Slickly orchestrated by director Sergio Cabrera with good performances.

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A slick, professional and worthwhile piece of work.

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Too enigmatic and slow burning for its own good.

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Too enigmatic and slow burning for its own good.

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A technically assured, well acted and, above all, thought-provoking piece of crossover cinema

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A technically assured, well acted and, above all, thought-provoking piece of crossover cinema

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Too cold and distanced.

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Too cold and distanced.

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A cynical, nasty piece of work.

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A cynical, nasty piece of work.

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Overall, it's nothing special - enough to appeal to cultists, no doubt, but insufficient to reach wider audiences who are hardly starved for sci-fi.

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Overall, it's nothing special - enough to appeal to cultists, no doubt, but insufficient to reach wider audiences who are hardly starved for sci-fi.

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A challenging, powerful and thought-provoking piece of cinema.

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A challenging, powerful and thought-provoking piece of cinema.

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Unfortunately, it becomes clear that the filmmakers have bitten off more than they can chew.

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Unfortunately, it becomes clear that the filmmakers have bitten off more than they can chew.

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The Business emerges as yet another British gangster film with nothing new or original to say.

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The Business emerges as yet another British gangster film with nothing new or original to say.

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First-time writer-director Robbie Fraser achieves a good balance between comedy and drama

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First-time writer-director Robbie Fraser achieves a good balance between comedy and drama

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Delivers the schlock goods.

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Delivers the schlock goods.

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While unable to completely disguise its television origins through small-screen compositions and comparatively dull and grainy shot-on-video visuals, the film benefits from quality production design and direction.

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An effective low-budget calling-card.

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An effective low-budget calling-card.

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An intense, perverse and profoundly disturbing film.

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An intense, perverse and profoundly disturbing film.

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The love/hate dynamic of the relationship between the two leads is never fully articulated, nor the truths of their past lives.

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Inside every bloated two-and-a-half hour would-be epic there's a lean 90-minute movie trying to get out

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Inside every bloated two-and-a-half hour would-be epic there's a lean 90-minute movie trying to get out

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A film that needs to be seen and, more importantly, acted upon.

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A film that needs to be seen and, more importantly, acted upon.

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When a documentary is as entertaining as Air Guitar Nation, you have to ask if you really need it to have redeeming social value or to advance the art form in any way. And, to be honest, the answer has to be no.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

When a documentary is as entertaining as Air Guitar Nation, you have to ask if you really need it to have redeeming social value or to advance the art form in any way. And, to be honest, the answer has to be no.

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A wake up call for anyone in any industry with a culture of long hours.

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A wake up call for anyone in any industry with a culture of long hours.

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The kind of debut feature that encourages you to believe that cinema does have a future.

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The kind of debut feature that encourages you to believe that cinema does have a future.

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A lot more fun than its subject matter might suggest, with strong performances, effective direction and an especially nice line in understated dark humour.

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A lot more fun than its subject matter might suggest, with strong performances, effective direction and an especially nice line in understated dark humour.

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Something of a compendium of motifs from previous J- and K-horror entries.

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Something of a compendium of motifs from previous J- and K-horror entries.

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An assured sophomore effort.

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An assured sophomore effort.

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Succeeds in grabbing your attention but doesn't really deliver what it seems to promise.

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Succeeds in grabbing your attention but doesn't really deliver what it seems to promise.

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Franco clearly understands the dynamics of the form, and knows how to conjure up the right atmosphere, all dark shadows, furtive glances and sudden lightning flashes.

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Franco clearly understands the dynamics of the form, and knows how to conjure up the right atmosphere, all dark shadows, furtive glances and sudden lightning flashes.

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Samaritan Girl is a touch too enigmatic for its own good.

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Samaritan Girl is a touch too enigmatic for its own good.

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Too clever and cynical for its own good.

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Too clever and cynical for its own good.

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Fukasaku can be relied upon to deliver the goods.

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Fukasaku can be relied upon to deliver the goods.

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The Nanking Massacre suffers from the simple fact that the archival material is far, far more powerful and disturbing than the reconstructions.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The Nanking Massacre suffers from the simple fact that the archival material is far, far more powerful and disturbing than the reconstructions.

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A shattering indictment of contemporary society.

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The question mark is whether, perhaps, Haneke's methods here might actually have proven too alienating and thereby to ironically mirror the very culture of non-communication and emotional deadness he seeks to critique.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The question mark is whether, perhaps, Haneke's methods here might actually have proven too alienating and thereby to ironically mirror the very culture of non-communication and emotional deadness he seeks to critique.

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A vital part of your film education.

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A vital part of your film education.

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Deliverance works brilliantly as both film entertainment and in exposing and critiquing the condition of the white middle-class American male in the wake of Vietnam and all that.

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Deliverance works brilliantly as both film entertainment and in exposing and critiquing the condition of the white middle-class American male in the wake of Vietnam and all that.

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As a documentary, the film has to be rated a failure. As an exercise in storytelling, it is more successful.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As a documentary, the film has to be rated a failure. As an exercise in storytelling, it is more successful.

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