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The Tortured

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A couple (Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe) hatch a twisted plan to take revenge on the man (Bill Moseley) who killed their son.

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Kyle Smith New York Post 06/15/2012
0/4
Its clichs grow slightly funny. But not funny enough to make the endless torture scenes bearable. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 06/14/2012
1.5/5
[It] suggests only that ferreting out new ways to inflict pain requires more imagination than anyone on hand realized. Go to Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News 06/14/2012
1/5
Ugh. Go to Full Review
Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts 06/02/2021
2/10
Everything is one hundred percent predictable. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 07/25/2019
This uninspired exercise frighteningly proves that torture porn revenge has become merely pedestrian. Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Shockya.com 07/29/2012
D-
A stupendously inane and pointless slice of revenge-based horror whose title might as well describe the audience watching it. Go to Full Review
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Todd M 09/28/2024 Great movie from start to finish See more @jeroduptown 09/30/2022 The concept was good: parents of child that was killed abduct the killer and torture him when justice isn't served. But weird twists and some far out happenings make it less believable. Not Christensen's finest. See more 11/26/2020 I loved the movie. Disappointing twist felt bad for the innocent guy. See more 11/10/2020 This movie had a major mistake. If the torture victim was not actually the right killer, how was he able to tell the parents their sons name???? No idea how the filmmakers messed that up. See more 04/16/2019 Twisted and heart-breaking. And actually sends a message. A simple message, but a message. See more 01/22/2019 //i discuss major spoilers here\\ I can say I enjoyed this film, but I can also say it had a bit of plot holes and felt too convenient at times for the sake of the story. For instance, the fact Craig happens to be a doctor with easy access to excessive medical supplies and then the plot twist being based on two prisoners looking virtually the same and the couple getting them mixed up. The twist surprised me, at least, but after some thought was disappointing, especially since we didn't see how the couple reacted to the truth. I wonder how they could've lived with knowing not only did they torture the wrong guy, but a guy who didn't deserve it for just a crime like tax evasion. Uh, talk about mortifying? Anyways, while the plot is a rather hot mess, the torture scenes were in fact tense and interesting. I went into this movie not really expecting a phenomenal or creative film in any way, just something horrific enough to pique my interest. And that's essentially all there is to this film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A couple (Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe) hatch a twisted plan to take revenge on the man (Bill Moseley) who killed their son.
Director
Robert Lieberman
Producer
Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Carl Mazzocone, Marek Posival
Screenwriter
Marek Posival
Distributor
IFC Films
Rating
R (Sadistic Violence and Torture|Language|A Scene of Sexuality)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 15, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 26, 2015
Runtime
1h 19m
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