In a Glass Cage
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Movie Reviews of In a Glass Cage
Movie Review: overrated shock value
Summary: 3 Stars
after reading the reviews for this film and being intrigued enough to buy it i have the following: either I have seen way too many "shocking" films or the people who have previously reviewed this film have not. I did not find the scenes in this film to be shocking, i found it to be standard horror/thriller fare. I guess other reviewers found some scenes shocking because they involved children but visually there is no actual footage of children being struck or abused it is all assumed or spoken of in "verbal flashbacks". The camera always pulled away before any actual damage was done. I gave this film 3 stars because it IS a decent film just not the shockfest that others make it out to be. It definitely has an "Apt Pupil" feel to it (the film by Stephen King)except it is much darker and eerie. So if you are easily shocked or disgusted then this film will provide that for you but for fans of "shocking" films I think there are many many other films that blew you away much more than this one will.Movie Review: Intriguing look at how evil begets evil
Summary: 3 Stars
If you've seen the movie Apt Pupil this movie goes along the same lines. The difference is, in In A Glass Cage the story focuses more on the student's obsession with the unwilling mentor who, because of his physical confinement is unable to stop the evil. There are murder scenes of children in this film that actually are necessary for the true realization of evil. These scenes are not over the top or overly graphic, if that makes any sense at all. I did like this movie more than Apt Pupil but it wasn't a great film for me. The phychologist in me found the relationship between the "mentor" and student intriguing. The ending was somewhat confusing for me but all-in-all I'd say this movie was okay to watch once.Movie Review: Great idea, awful execution
Summary: 2 Stars
I felt very conflicted about this film. First of all, from the synopsis I expected a revenge piece, and I hesitate to call it that. The intent and the main idea behind this story completely lost me. It's not to show how an evil man's deeds are bound to catch up to him like a boomerang. It's not to show that every action has consequences, or that everything happens for a reason. Heck, after two days of contemplating this I still can't understand what's the main idea of this film. That evil begets evil? Assuming it is (which is most logical), there's no sense of redemption here. I don't understand why this movie was filmed in the first place, rather than to shock and offend. That it succeeds in doing just fine. I feel that told in any other medium (a book, for example) it could work brilliantly. But on film, it simply crosses the line. I could not stop thinking about the fact that the victims in this movie are CHILDREN, not adults playing children or even teenagers playing children, but children playing children. And I see no justification for the way these child actors are treated in the film. It's completely unnecessary. Many other films dealing with pedophilia have succeeded in disturbing the heck out of me without going into gory details. This film isn't art. It's as close to child molestation on film as it can get.Movie Review: Worthless
Summary: 1 Stars
Movies that show graphic child murder are worthless. I didn't bother finishing this one.