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The Butcher (2009) Review
Written by: jay_wigger Tartan's Asia Extreme label has been resurrected, thanks to Palisades Media Group, and one of the first new releases on DVD is South Korean director Kim Jinwon's The Butcher. If you thought that films like Hostel and the entire Saw series - films largely seen as the progenitors of the current 'torture porn' trend in the horror genre - were full of gratuitous violence, you ain't seen nothing yet. At least those films had plots to go along with their gratuitous violence. The Butcher is basically 75 minutes of nothing but utra-violence, held together by a promising concept that unfortunately goes nowhere new. The DVD is presented in a well-done 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, with competent Dolby 2.0 Stereo sound. As far as special features are concerned, there's really not much of worth: Final Thoughts: If you squint hard enough, you could kind of see where Kim Jinwon was headed with this idea, but the lack of any character development and any real semblance of a plot doesn't help. Sure, the concept of The Butcher means that there really can't be any character development or even much of a plot, and it's actualy a decent film if you can recognize that, but most people will not be able to get past the ultra-violence to be able to see that point. Strictly for gorehounds, and possibly some art-house film buffs, but that's about it. Originally reviewed at www.ioncinema.com
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