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Alone in a Paris plagued by deadly race riots the young and beautiful Yasmine is looking for a way out. In her desperation she turns to her shady ex-boyfriend. Together with his two thug friends they pull off a bold heist and head for the border. With the police close behind they hide out in a seemingly peaceful inn. But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine. Trapped in an endless maze of tunnels crawling with hungry subhuman cannibals they must fight to survive their bloody initiation into the innkeeper's evil family cult.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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France.The Near Future.Riots plague the major cities and under the cover of this civil uprising five people botch a heist and end up fleeing into the countryside only to turn up at a motel ran by a family of cannibals and well....you can guess the rest.
Directed by Xavier Gens(Hitman) and from the team that brought you Switchblade Romance,Frontiers has something in common with the Hostel franchise and the Belgian film Calvaire but thankfully it is a cut above that garbage thanks to some pretty fierce action sequences and a tremendous performance by leading lady Testa who nails the essence of someone in frightening peril with startling conviction.
Frontiers is overlong and empties it's bag of tricks a little too early with Gens using a little too much shadow and fast edits to mask budgetary limitations and while not being particularly original it delivers some ride when it gets going.
I never like to look for "messages"in the horror genre - everywhere else fine - scary,nasty and someone to root for is enough for me,Frontiers ticks all the boxes.
Directed by Xavier Gens(Hitman) and from the team that brought you Switchblade Romance,Frontiers has something in common with the Hostel franchise and the Belgian film Calvaire but thankfully it is a cut above that garbage thanks to some pretty fierce action sequences and a tremendous performance by leading lady Testa who nails the essence of someone in frightening peril with startling conviction.
Frontiers is overlong and empties it's bag of tricks a little too early with Gens using a little too much shadow and fast edits to mask budgetary limitations and while not being particularly original it delivers some ride when it gets going.
I never like to look for "messages"in the horror genre - everywhere else fine - scary,nasty and someone to root for is enough for me,Frontiers ticks all the boxes.
34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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Frightfest banned it, Optimum didn't know whether to release it or not, the critics weren't keen, but one thing's for sure: We LOVE it!
The makers of Switchblade Romance have done it again! Frontiers is possibly an even more powerful 'endurance test' than last year's remake of Funny Games. Ultimately, Frontiers is made for you to pause the film for a second, take a deep breath and ask yourself, 'Why am I still watching this?'
The story plays out just like your average Friday night horror flick: A group of kids get into some trouble whilst rioting at the latest presidential election... soon enough, after deciding to take a run for it, they all end up staying at a creepy old hostel run by a large family of uncompromising Nazi cannibals...
...And thank God! For once! It's as good as it sounds!
Beautifully shot, expertly crafted and brilliantly acted, Xavier Gens -director of the more recent Hitman- has served up for us something quite special: Frontiers is a shocking, brutal, emotionally draining and immensely powerful piece of horror cinema. It demands to be seen, and at this price it's hard to resist!
(P.S- To those who are frightened of subtitles: It's French. Also: Stunning cover art!)
The makers of Switchblade Romance have done it again! Frontiers is possibly an even more powerful 'endurance test' than last year's remake of Funny Games. Ultimately, Frontiers is made for you to pause the film for a second, take a deep breath and ask yourself, 'Why am I still watching this?'
The story plays out just like your average Friday night horror flick: A group of kids get into some trouble whilst rioting at the latest presidential election... soon enough, after deciding to take a run for it, they all end up staying at a creepy old hostel run by a large family of uncompromising Nazi cannibals...
...And thank God! For once! It's as good as it sounds!
Beautifully shot, expertly crafted and brilliantly acted, Xavier Gens -director of the more recent Hitman- has served up for us something quite special: Frontiers is a shocking, brutal, emotionally draining and immensely powerful piece of horror cinema. It demands to be seen, and at this price it's hard to resist!
(P.S- To those who are frightened of subtitles: It's French. Also: Stunning cover art!)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is another odd Euro horror, with plenty of gore and 'out-there' surprises. This was in 2007 so would have been more powerful at the time, with more shocking, better Horrors emerging since then, so post 2007 means it has lost some credentials and much power.
Basically a rioting gang hide out in the country, but stumble across a really weird family run motel. This being a Nazi 'pure blood' led family, feasting on those they capture. There are several queezy and gory parts but these are more sick, than scary and feel a bit 'done before', predictable and as if these are the main parts to the film, rather than the far-fetched story or acting.
The Paris riots montage at the start is excellent and the film moves well. It has all the DNA of a modern French horror film, and as always the cast is pleasantly unknown and a real bunch of mixed characters.
It is ok, but clearly nowhere near as good as others (Martyrs, Inside, Switch-blade romance etc) and it's oddness steals from it rather than adds.
MY MOVIE MOT - another French oddball, it passes but needs some work, leaving it's odd styling and drive to very few fans, simply better cars out there!
6 / 10
Basically a rioting gang hide out in the country, but stumble across a really weird family run motel. This being a Nazi 'pure blood' led family, feasting on those they capture. There are several queezy and gory parts but these are more sick, than scary and feel a bit 'done before', predictable and as if these are the main parts to the film, rather than the far-fetched story or acting.
The Paris riots montage at the start is excellent and the film moves well. It has all the DNA of a modern French horror film, and as always the cast is pleasantly unknown and a real bunch of mixed characters.
It is ok, but clearly nowhere near as good as others (Martyrs, Inside, Switch-blade romance etc) and it's oddness steals from it rather than adds.
MY MOVIE MOT - another French oddball, it passes but needs some work, leaving it's odd styling and drive to very few fans, simply better cars out there!
6 / 10
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"..AWESOME STUFF.."
This is one of the best horror thrillers ever made, it has a great cast, and a strong story, but best of all insane violence and gore! Read more
Published 27 days ago by S. Drury
Average
Average at best. "Martyrs" & "Inside" are much better.
The plot is basic, there's no explanation as to why the perpetraitors of the violence are like or what they are, or how... Read more
The plot is basic, there's no explanation as to why the perpetraitors of the violence are like or what they are, or how... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rob_J
Just TCM in French
The trailer made this look good but it is just TCM in French. Pretty dull with no characters to root for. Read more
Published 4 months ago by katyn1940
Predictable plot etc-don't bother!
Nothing new here. In fact, this just wasn't worth the effort and I didn't even see how it all ended. Not often that happens.
Published 4 months ago by the definitive reviewer
One of the most thrilling and enticing movies of the gore world.
Frontier(s) may be one of the goriest movies I have seen in recent years. The sheer amount of awkward and uncomfortable moments in this movie are almost too much to take. Read more
Published 5 months ago by UndeadCritic
Uncut
This Version is uncut like the US Unrated Version! One of the best horror movies in the last years.French with english subtitles.
Published 5 months ago by Frank Schaefer
Weak and eurotrashy horror-by-numbers
Unknown French director spends a weekend watching Texas Chainsaw, From Dusk to Dawn, The Hills Have Eyes, Saw, Hostel, Argento's giallo series etc. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Cartimand
The unluckiest character in film?
For me any credibility this film might have had was lost when one of the characters is first bludgeoned with an iron bar before having his fingers shot off. Read more
Published 7 months ago by customer
Juicy...
What can I say, brilliant. At first was a bit unsure as its french but got right into it. It got me hooked on french gore films. Highly recomended. Read more
Published 18 months ago by stunningredhead
Even better than I thought it would be
After reading other reviews of this I did think it would be just a lot of gore, which was fine by me. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Tom
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