The Gateway Meat
Director: Ron DeCaro
2008
Extreme
Set in present time, society is getting stale
when everyone revolves to using I phones and stuff and going with the flow
rather than to actually think by themselves. The President of the United States
I shot and in the aftermath a family of Satanists takes this as a sign for
attempting to open a doorway to hell.
Some of
these extreme flicks are a bit hard to comprehend. I mean, I would never had
figured the above out if it hasn’t been written in the beginning of the film.
There’s a lot of violence but I couldn’t have figured out the Satanist part. I’m
also lost when it comes to how the doorway to hell should be opened. But on the
other hand, there would be no chance in hell that I’d figure out Begotten either…
The
strong part of the movie isn’t necessarily the violence – at least not by
itself. But there is the contrast of the kid, a girl maybe four or five years
old, and the over-the-top violence that really makes me uncomfortable when I
watch. The scenes are mixed and it goes from ultraviolent to beautiful and
innocent in a heartbeat. There are beautiful sequences of flowers and
butterflies and suddenly gross footage of a decomposing corpse which is very
unsettling. It’s done a few times and succeeds in shocking effect ever time
too!
It’s
hard to evaluate the acting, what should be the comparison point? It’s not
anything that would get any award but on the other hand it’s a bit better than
most of the low budget splatter films I’ve seen. And there’s not much humor
either (luckily). Many of the scenes are very original and there seems to be a
lot of thought out in the filth. There isn’t so much nudity but it makes up for
that with the gore. It’s really well done and there at few if any scenes where
someone chews on intestines’, it’s a matter of opinion really (no it’s not a
cannibalistic flick).
It’s a
gross movie and as I said before I was very uncomfortable at times. Still it’s
a very slow paced story that I don’t really get. There are odd characters which
are very entertaining and if you exclude the Satanist part it’s so much more
entertaining! Look at the gore, the violence and the portrayal of the
characters and you might find it really entertaining!
5/10
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