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Daniel (Tom Long, The Dish) is a famous Australian dancer who is kidnapped one day by three hooded women. He is then subjected to horrific sexual abuse by the kidnappers. After 12 days, Daniel is released and left to cope with his ordeal. He struggles to handle his situation and questions who and why would do such a thing. Daniel leaves the world of dance and sets out to find his abusers and discover answers.
Ana Kokkinos' film is explicit without being tawdry and has an art house sensibility that gives The Book of Revelation a dream-like sheen. Greta Scacchi delivers a fine performance as Daniel's dance mentor and Tom Long ably demonstrates the range of emotions that come with surviving such an ordeal.
Ana Kokkinos' film is explicit without being tawdry and has an art house sensibility that gives The Book of Revelation a dream-like sheen. Greta Scacchi delivers a fine performance as Daniel's dance mentor and Tom Long ably demonstrates the range of emotions that come with surviving such an ordeal.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"The Book of Revelation" is a somewhat tedious,overlong Australian film about a young male dancer who gets abducted by three sadistic ,hooded women and is enchained while they submit him to all manners of (explicit) sexual torture and degradation. After his release the dancer becomes slightly deranged and distant and embarks upon a paranoid search for his captors that ends with a shocking act of violence. This film fails to engage the emotions and it's slow pace doesn't grip the audience and draw them in , rather it frustrates them and certainly there were plenty of occasions where I felt like pressing the fast forward button. I thought the acting was overdone and unimpressive and the whole enterprise was just too long and drawn out to be interesting ,never mind entertaining.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I am not surprised there are no other reviews for this film. It is worst than second rate. Do not even put it in your machine. You would be wasting power, and a chunk of your life. Rubbish
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Dangerous Delusions - vs - Censorship.
6 Nov 2007
Format:DVD
As my Review Title would suggest, I'm torn between the comments in the reviews that currently exist.
The "Dangerous Delusions" review points out, this story is based around the abduction of a male dancer by three hooded/masked women. Yes, he "becomes a live sexual toy gratifying three women", however, the gratification is against his will and any attempt to deny their sexual demands are met with the threat of hobbling his ankles. And, as the story unfolds, we find that they also abducted this man in particular because they found his dancing to be beautiful, hence, they also 'request' that he puts on a dance performance for them. What happens next, is accurately reviewed in the second paragraph of "Dangerous Delusions".
The "Censorship" review is 100% correct when it comes down to, exactly that, the censorship of a supposed NR (Not Rated/Unrated) DVD title. I too was somewhat sold on this rating. Only to discover that it was horribly censored when it came to human genitalia scenes in this movie.
Whether this has anything to do with the Region 8 Code (International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, etc.), I don't know? Certainly, I do caution anyone who wants to purchase this product based on the somewhat false "Product Details" which stated the "Rating" as being "Unrated".
It may be UNRATED but it certainly is heavily CENSORED!!!
As for my rating, I would have given this DVD a 4/5 stars based on the content evaluation of this title. The misleading product details deserves a 1/5 star rating because it did ruin the flow of the content. Overall, I had to meet somewhere in between, rating this 3/5.
- TZ!
The "Dangerous Delusions" review points out, this story is based around the abduction of a male dancer by three hooded/masked women. Yes, he "becomes a live sexual toy gratifying three women", however, the gratification is against his will and any attempt to deny their sexual demands are met with the threat of hobbling his ankles. And, as the story unfolds, we find that they also abducted this man in particular because they found his dancing to be beautiful, hence, they also 'request' that he puts on a dance performance for them. What happens next, is accurately reviewed in the second paragraph of "Dangerous Delusions".
The "Censorship" review is 100% correct when it comes down to, exactly that, the censorship of a supposed NR (Not Rated/Unrated) DVD title. I too was somewhat sold on this rating. Only to discover that it was horribly censored when it came to human genitalia scenes in this movie.
Whether this has anything to do with the Region 8 Code (International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, etc.), I don't know? Certainly, I do caution anyone who wants to purchase this product based on the somewhat false "Product Details" which stated the "Rating" as being "Unrated".
It may be UNRATED but it certainly is heavily CENSORED!!!
As for my rating, I would have given this DVD a 4/5 stars based on the content evaluation of this title. The misleading product details deserves a 1/5 star rating because it did ruin the flow of the content. Overall, I had to meet somewhere in between, rating this 3/5.
- TZ!
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Censorship
19 Oct 2007
Format:DVD
I rented this DVD from Netflix, and had high hopes for it. It was rated NR and would contain graphic sex scenes ala Shortbus and 9 Songs, however I was horrified to see this little grey circle censoring any naughty stuff. This completely ruined the viewing experience for me, and I would caution anyone renting or purchasing this DVD to make sure they get an uncensored copy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Strange psychological thriller
14 Oct 2008
Strange introspective study, full of Bergman references. Australian dancer goes missing for 12 days then returns, disturbed. Films that rely heavily on imagery are rarely very successful and this is no exception, though it is refreshing to see a new director who is not afraid to try a new approach. Tom Long is exceptional as the lead and the dance sequences are both very impressive and perturbing. The plot is too diffuse and fantasy-laden, however, to make a real impression. Has been tagged as a gay movie, which is absurd, though there is a very strong and at times expicit sexual element. Possible interpretation: thoughts of death destroy sexual desire ? Curiosity value.
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