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What original creator Tobe Hooper merely hinted at in his peerless original, reboot producers Platinum Dunes decide to up the ante and push forward with the old adage: 'gore is best viewed up close' and throw a whole heap of it at the screen in this decidedly grim entry in a film that trumped my tiny brain by being a sequel/remake and prequel in one fowl swoop.
Set before the first remake (keep up, its hard for me too) in 1969 with the Vietnam war in full swing. Even this far away in the dusty, backward roads of rural Texas, the call to arms is never far away. En route to serve their country, two brothers Dean (Taylor Handley) and Eric (Matt Bomer) are spending a last weekend with their girlfriends Chrissie (Jordan Brewster) and Bailey (Diora Baird) travelling across the texan plains before being shipped overseas. However, as fate would have it the foursome get involved in a serious car accident that prompts series villain Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) to investigate and before long, all kinds of gruesome shenanigans are at play: Not only from a roaming biker gang who shoot first and ask questions later, but a demented creature calling himself Leatherface who wears a dead skin mask and carries a buzzing chainsaw for company - ready and eager to slice into anything - or one that happens to get in his way...
This prequel to both the original and 2003 remake starring Jennifer Biel is an exceptionally dark affair: Whereas that first reboot painted a pretty picture of madness, this one wants to get its hands dirty - with enough blood and gore to fill a hundred generic horror movies. Plugged into the then popular 'torture porn' cycle of the time of its release, this 'Leatherface' adventure is all about the 'saw - and this saw rips, tears and generally decimates all and sundry (a particularly grim sequence where 'Face bisects a biker illustrates how nasty these things have become) with nary a respite. Director Jonathan Liebesman (fresh from 'Darkness Falls' and before... ahem 'Teenage Mutant Nonja Turtles') continues the aesthetic look and feel of the first Marcus Nispel picture but ups the ante with grue and entrails. The cast, again like the previous picture are a solid bunch and thankfully R. Lee Ermey is given more screentime on this occasion, ensuring his character is a bona fide TCM character to remember. There may be no 'ChopTop' or 'Hitchiker' amongst the ranks of the Sawyer clan this time, but each one is clearly defined with enough meat on the bones to allow the audience to connect and be repulsed at their depravity...
Entertainment in Video's UK DVD release sports a great transfer with good audio and a short set of extra features such as an audio commentary with director Jonathan Liebesman and producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, "Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel" featurette, deleted scenes, theatrical trailer and the film in its full, uncut form. All in all, seasoned TCM fans will surely have this one in their collection (especially for the price Amazon are asking for it) and its certainly one for the late night gore crowd but as with all things of this nature, the law of diminishing returns has reared its head and even though the cast and producers are game, the exceptionally dark tone almost derails any form of entertainment that could have been had. Maybe with the right amount of balance between tension and splatter and a little more intelligence regarding examination of the Vietnam war (which the original movie so eloquently echoed with) - this could have been a contender, but as it is - its just another gooey sequel in the series.
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