A few thoughts: One of those "how far will people go for money?" movies that's just about as typical as you could get. With a cast full of solid actors and also Sasha Grey (a porn star whose acting abilities are about as good as you might expect), the story sets itself up and goes through the motions until eventually ending on a note that could have been great, but didn't fully deliver. As usual, Jeffrey Combs steals the show, as he's given a majority of the best material, with most of the rest of the cast delegated to little more than screaming and trying to "outsmart" the game in rambling pseudo-monologues. The dialogue is mostly pretty weak, but again, they seemed to reserve all decent material for Combs, who thankfully delivers in the way he always does when offered a lousy script. It wasn't as funny as it should have been, nor was it clever or unexpected in its execution -- only one scene was even mildly surprising. It wasn't particularly gruesome, though I might expect non-horror fans to disagree. Overall, pretty underwhelming.
People who enjoy more "mild" torture porn. But I'd just stick with something funny and smart like 'Cheap Thrills'.
My grade: D
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