the audience applauded

A lot of fun.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Hollywood used to make fun of blacks, Arabs, Asians, Indians, fat people, even women. They rarely touched white men or Jews. Now white men are fair game, and there is an overwhelming propaganda against them. All the other categories of people organized themselves and they often raise a big stink when media even alludes they might be less then perfect.So, yes, this is what annoys me most about the movie. The clumsy propaganda. It goes along the lines: white men have mercilessly murdered everyone, mistreated (by mistreated I mean brutally beaten and raped) their women and they deserve to be hunted down and killed like beasts. Worse even, the only black dude in the movie is a whining lover of that poor mistreated white woman, whose purpose in the movie is to give this message: "see, white animals, your women can't stand anymore your pasty evil ways and will find better and more sensitive lovers in black men who really know what a woman needs." Other than that, the characters are paper thin, there isn't much characterization, and they are unrealistic. The hillbillies speak a too perfect English, the black dude is a woman's wet dream, and the only woman in the movie is resurrected as an amazon -- another piece of feminist propaganda. The problem with the character is that it's so hard to care for them. A good horror spends more time with the characterization, and less with the blood and guts. And it pays off, because you watch differently the disembowelment of someone you come to like or hate than that of someone you don't even know how it appeared in that scene.Still, I liked a lot the fantasy atmosphere towards the end of the movie, which is why I give the movie its stars.

As usual, I went into this film knowing only one thing - it's a horror film. To tell you the truth I was expecting something cheesy, low budgeted with atrocious acting and possessing a ridiculous script that made no sense. Yes, this movie will remind you of "I Spit On Your Grave" with a little bit of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Wrong Turn" thrown in for good measure. That whole 'native American, spirit possession, ghost dance, zombie thing' took me by surprise, though. The filmmaker did go out of his way to make the story a little original. Just the fact that the lead was deaf and in an interracial relationship is a small triumph for the under-represented. The editing was razor sharp, the film well shot, and the movement of the story stayed at a crisp pace. The inevitable flaws and mediocre CGI doesn't destroy the momentum, either. At least the killings were bloody but not over the top or overly gory as, say, "Helldriver" or "Machine Girl." Anyway, the bottom line is I had fun and that's what I'd expected.

Sweet, deaf girl is randomly savaged to death by a bunch of desert yahoos. But the spirit of another victim revives her corpse, and the revenge is unstoppable.Moral stuff really bores me and I don't much like revengers, but it's a good 'un. This time we get into over-the-top supernatural gore, with good style and sympathetic characters, plus touches of humour.The story is the usual nonsense of suburban superior to rural (with a dose of US racial prejudice), but I liked almost everything – direction, editing, cinematog, pace & action, with a plot that winds up steadily. Some decent real-effect gore, restrained on the sex, scent of cheese on the CGI.Acting is good, with the best line: "My, oh my – something dead has been living in here." Dialogue gets heavy in a bloated end sequence with lots of exposition. The only other drawback is the over-use of music – often perfect, but let me figure it out for myself.Overall, a moral story so not a true horror, but well told.

SAVAGED is nothing more than a supernatural spin on the I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE storyline. A deaf-mute girl is travelling by car through the desert when she accidentally witnesses a murder committed by a gang of thugs. With no intentions of letting her leave alive, they take her back to a house where she is raped and abused, before finally being killed in an escape attempt.At this stage the story begins properly. The girl is brought back to life by a Native American shaman while the spirit of a long-dead Native American war chief hops on board. From then on it's an orgy of mean-spirited violence as the girl goes on an odyssey of vengeance and gruesome, body-mangling horror. To add to the gore effects, she's a literal shambling corpse, her body gradually breaking down thanks to the effects of the plot events.SAVAGED is a pretty typical but well made example of this revenge-horror genre. The gore effects are plentiful and only tempered by some less-than-impressive low budget CGI which could have been done without. The script is lean and pared down, focusing on the action which is always a plus, and Amanda Adrienne gives a heartbreaking performance as the put-upon girl. Not exactly an enjoyable movie, this, but an entertaining experience all the same.