High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
by Alexandre Aja
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Actor: Andrei Finti, C?cile De France, Franck Khalfoun, Ma?wenn Le Besco, Philippe NahonDirector: Alexandre Aja
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Cinematographer: Maxime Alexandre
Writer: Alexandre Aja
Editor: Baxter
Editor: Al Rundle
Editor: Sophie Vermersch
Producer: Andrei Boncea
Writer: Gr?gory Levasseur
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Why? **CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS TOWARDS THE END**
Summary: 1 Stars
What did we do to deserve this?? Is this retaliation for the whole Freedom Fries thing?? Seriously though. This film is awful. The ending surprise is given away in the first 10 minutes. The gore is over the top and poorly done. The film slips from English dubbed to French in the middle for about 20 minutes. Did you forget to voice over that part? Were you too busy trying to understand the movie yourself? Don't get me wrong, I understand the movie. It's a pretty shallow concept, that could've made for a good yarn if the idiots in charge of this thing would've put a little time and consideration into the continuity of the film. The whole premice of the movie is a giant plot hole.
**SPOILERS AHEAD** I can handle poor effects and low budget if there's continuity, but this is just dumb. I've tried to make sense of it, even going out on limbs but it just doesn't work! Split personalities don't drive two vehicles simultaniously! BAH! STUPID!
Summary of High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror...System Requirements: Running Time 90 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: UNRATED UPC: 031398183532 Manufacturer No: 18353Home to some of the world's best food and fashion, the French also have the wonderful habit of producing some of the world's best movies. With High Tension, French director Alexandre Aja offers up a bloody buffet of terror; a violent concoction of style over substance, with a bloody French twist. Two college girlfriends, Maria and Alex, take a weekend to study at the secluded country home of Alex's parents. Shortly after their arrival, a mysterious killer appears, and things take a shockingly terrible turn for the worse. As the horror and body count rises, Maria and Alex find themselves fighting for their lives, and it's revealed that things are not exactly as they seem. Essentially a one-act cat-and-mouse affair, High Tension is an explosive bloody thrill ride that rarely lets up. Oozing style in every color-saturated frame and boasting some intense performances, Aja mainly succeeds in sustaining an intense momentum throughout the film. The plot occasionally suffers from a thin, flimsy storyline, and the abundant graphic scenes of violence will either thrill and delight, or simply disgust. Nonetheless, this adrenalin-fueled addition to the genre gives the American slasher flick a real run for its money. High Tension is high-art horror, and comes highly recommended. --Matt Wold
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