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Martyrs [DVD]

Morjane Alaoui , Mylene Jampanoi , Pascal Laugier    Suitable for 18 years and over   DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (135 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Morjane Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi, Catherine Begin, Roberty Toupin, Patricia Tulasne
  • Directors: Pascal Laugier
  • Format: Anamorphic, Widescreen, Subtitled, Dolby, Digital Sound, PAL
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 25 May 2009
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (135 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001TJKVVE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,403 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Lucie, a little 10-year old girl, disappears and is discovered a few months later wandering along the side of a road. The reason for her abduction remains a mystery. Traumatized and mute, she is put in a hospital where she is befriended by Anna, a girl of her own age. 15 years later and somebody rings the doorbell of an ordinary family home. A man opens the door to find Lucie standing there with a shotgun. Convinced she has found her tormentor, she pulls the trigger.

Martyrs is a stylish revenge thriller that has been wowing audiences at festivals across the world. Already being touted for a remake, writer/director Pascal Laugier has also recently signed on to direct a remake of Hellraiser whilst one of the two beautiful female stars of the film: Mylène Jampanoï, is currently filming the new Serge Gainsbourg biopic in which she stars as Bambou.


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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An ordeal 24 Jan 2010
Format:DVD
I thought that I was a fairly seasoned gore hound, I was under the impression that I couldn't be shocked, I was wrong!

From the opening sequence of a bloody and battered young girl squealing and screaming, limping as fast as her brutalised body could manage, to get away from as yet undisclosed terrors, to the closing sequence which I had to have explained for me by my sister's fiance, as my hand was firmly up in front of my face, because frankly I couldn't watch any more, Martyrs is a thoroughly engaging and compelling examination of human suffering.

What it isn't however is enjoyable. This film was far too brutal, gritty and nasty for me. A Saturday night ought never to involve watching a young girl tied to a chair in a dirty warehouse being slapped around her already bloody and bruised face.

By an hour or so in, though I felt violated by this film, I still felt that I could deal with it, then the movie shifts gears and from the last half hour goes down a hithero (to me anyway) unexpected path and that was when I started to really struggle. The last third of Martyrs is one of the most terrible, horrible, awful, vile things that I've ever put myself through, yet it is substantially less gory than the hour which preceeds it, there is no way of me explaining how this is possible with spoiling things for you, so you shall have to take my word for it.

Though this wasn't for me I have given it four stars because in many ways it is a brilliant film. It is incredibly original and sumptuously filmed and edited with a rawness that lends an extra veneer of grit to a movie which is already rotten with cutting edge ideas and envelope pushing concepts.

I would thoroughly recommend this to people who enjoy utter darkness, rawness and brutality in their movies. I shall return to collecting Troma films, safe on the knowledge that there are limits to what I consider to be entertainment
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Martyrs obtains martyrdom 29 May 2009
Format:DVD
I watched this film last night around a friend's house. I knew nothing about it and was really not that interested in watching a film, however, by the end I was glad that I had not protested.

This film is a rollercoaster of emotions and revelations. Beginning with a young girl who has been abused running out of a industrial building screaming is some opening. Move on 15 years later and she and her friend who you meet in the opening credits begin their journey creating a magnificent piece of French cinema.

I will not give any spoilers away but this film puts films like Hostel and Saw to shame. The problem is that this film is not for everyone, it does take some thought to figure out what is going on and believe me your feelings for characters will change throughout.

By the end you feel like you have been Martyred as it is tough to endure if you let yourself slip into the story, which I might add is very believeable. Watch out for the photographs in the film, they are real and what is described are true events.

All in all 5/5, I've just purchased it myself for my collection, and it is a worthy addition.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to stomach 7 Dec 2010
Format:Blu-ray
This is an uncompromising film that, at times, is very uncomfortable to watch. The typical horror splatter gore of the main bulk of the film contrasts sharply with the brutal (but gore restrained) violence of the final act.

Am I glad I watched this film? Yes.

Will I be watching it again? No, not for a very long time anyway.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to watch, but worth it.
Be warned, if you watch this, it takes some endurance. I own this DVD, yet I have only watched it once, and I am not sure if I will ever see it again. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mr. P. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars intense, scary and very very violent
This is a very strong and sick film centred on a secret organisation that wants to find real life martyrs in order to prove a life after death exists. Read more
Published 1 month ago by filmboychris
1.0 out of 5 stars Mysoginistic Torture Porn
There has been a lot of debate over this movie but, quite simply, it is a woman hating piece of torture porn. Read more
Published 2 months ago by horrorbuff
1.0 out of 5 stars crap
not much of a horror movies and i think it was one of the worst movies i every buy in my life
Published 2 months ago by winston reid
5.0 out of 5 stars i love it
a great movie which gets you on the edge of the seat value for money quick delvery many many thanks
Published 2 months ago by Dean Evans
2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly worth witnessing
Martyrs starts from the perspective of Lucie (Mylene Jampanoi), a child escaping torturous captivity. We next see her in young adulthood, butchering a wealthy middle-class family. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. J. Harvey
3.0 out of 5 stars I just can't get this film off my mind!!
MARTRYS............. it does contain spoilers!
I'm confused about this film, did I enjoy it? yes. did I hate it? yes! Read more
Published 4 months ago by lori29
3.0 out of 5 stars Great until the ending
Martyrs is a shocking and frequently disturbing movie and would have been a totally complete film if they had got the ending right. Read more
Published 4 months ago by the lone voice of reason
5.0 out of 5 stars Raw, Blooded & Convincing
Firstly let me tell you that i am no big lover of foreign films. My reason being is sometimes you get to miss facial expressions and active parts of the movie because you have to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by S D JOHNSON
5.0 out of 5 stars This Movie stayed with me for a long time
I am one of these people that is so used to horror films that nothing ever shocks me or scares me! until I watched this. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Darren
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