Spoken several times in this movie, the tagline might as well be "that's a lot of dead w****s." Yeah. There were a lot. And, in fairness, not only w****s - but lots of dead people in general, and at least one dead dog who got caught playing fetch with a grenade! I can't honestly say this was a good movie. It's an extremely and graphically violent movie, juxtaposed against the peaceful Christmas music that often accompanies what's happening on screen. (Hearing "Round yon virgin mother and child" as the movie approaches its end turns you upside down.) Everly is the title character (played by Salma Hayek) who is forced into sex slavery by the Yakuza crime organization and held captive for four years in an apartment who eventually fights back. Hayek was actually ok in this role - probably the only highlight of the movie to be honest. The movie is pushed along by typical unbelievable action-stuff in which Everly takes on everything and everyone against her and still somehow manages to come out on top. Beyond that I'm not even sure it's worth discussing the plot, since the basic point seems to be graphic violence.
And yet - it's a watchable movie. I stuck with it, interested enough in seeing how Everly manages to come out of this (because I assumed from the very start that no matter what the odds against her she was going to come out of this somehow and in some way.) In fact, the action-violence is so over the top in so many ways that I almost started to think of this as an extremely dark comedy of sorts. Parts of it are so beyond belief that you can't help but be tempted to laugh at it even as the bloody body count mounts!
Pretty much every weapon you can imagine is seen in this and you will go through the whole experience of watching it wondering what in the world is going to happen next - and, oh yeah, just how many "dead w****s" are there going to be by the time this is over?
So - no - it's not a good movie. But you will watch it until the very end so it's not a failure and you won't really feel like you've wasted your time with it. (4/10)
And yet - it's a watchable movie. I stuck with it, interested enough in seeing how Everly manages to come out of this (because I assumed from the very start that no matter what the odds against her she was going to come out of this somehow and in some way.) In fact, the action-violence is so over the top in so many ways that I almost started to think of this as an extremely dark comedy of sorts. Parts of it are so beyond belief that you can't help but be tempted to laugh at it even as the bloody body count mounts!
Pretty much every weapon you can imagine is seen in this and you will go through the whole experience of watching it wondering what in the world is going to happen next - and, oh yeah, just how many "dead w****s" are there going to be by the time this is over?
So - no - it's not a good movie. But you will watch it until the very end so it's not a failure and you won't really feel like you've wasted your time with it. (4/10)