maros612 What I liked about this movie was that it made a very strong point on how dramatically can a life go south when you are young, fragile and think you're invincible and free to experiment all you want without serious consequences. In that light, it's a real eye opener, as I believe it's getting more and more hard for people to be young and safe at the same time.I'm afraid the movie itself wasn't too much of a good job. Most of the scenes were over-dramatized, the dialogs did not offer much and there ass little room for exploring the true minds and souls of the characters.What got my attention was the style of scenes - very contemporary cold-feeling interiors, design and colors mixed with the techno club music. All this was accompanied by visual effects like fast forwarding or slow motion. As a matter of fact, it was a dynamic cut. Maybe little too dynamic - there were certain scenes that were only visualized imaginations of characters and then the movie rolled back - which might have taken a while for the viewer to actually understand. These daydream-like flashes were triggering almost randomly and most of the time viewer could have very hard time understanding what has or hasn't happened.Mood and content wise, the movie crushed everything possibly beautiful in a blood bath of modern darkness and shallowness, but I think it was meant to leave a reaction of bitterness in you, since the scenes and plot was quite drastic. In a strange way, it might be the intended message of the movie for the viewer to pick up.

ken_martin-932-430106 not your typical slash and burn revenge movie. although the ending leaves the viewer hanging (how dearly we want to see the villains squirm some more), it wouldn't have been as effective. prevalent in any society are bullies and the people who let them get away with it. what the movie aims to impart is that we can do something about it. I could understand why the female protagonist felt so helpless, its because of the fact that society will tend to put the blame on her for putting herself in that position in the first place. and she knew that. i've read most victims of rape will not report it to the police for fear that no one will believe them. suffice it to say that i like how it turned out in the end. even if it took me a few minutes to do so:) we see the male protagonist leaving it up to general consensus on who will be shot dead, him or hes step-brother. and i guess humanity didn't loose its innate sense of justice and choose well..

Karl Ericsson I cannot give this film a full 10 because it explains certain things too much and other things too little.Before I go on, I want to disclose a further warning. This review does not only contain spoilers but indeed wishes to discuss the final spoiler, which elevates this film from teenage fluff to meaningful cinema.Seen as the ending of thriller movie, the end of this film is really not all that exiting. It's not really a whodunit that is being disclosed if you tell about the end. However, if you do not consider the end for spoiler reasons, then any review of this film will be beside the point and meaningless just like it would be meaningless to discuss "The Bicycle Thief" without mentioning the slapping of the father in the end of that film.Furthermore, for reasons that I stated above which gave this film only seven stars, I'm not totally sure that my interpretation of the film is the correct one, although I have some pretty significant details to point out that make my interpretation plausible.First of all, there is this total omitting of grown-ups in the film, which is so extreme that it cannot be coincidental. This makes it plausible that the film, at least in part, is an allegory for society as a whole reduced to the more manageable world of teenagers, which contains the embryo of all that will later play out in grown-up everyday society as we know it. What happens in this teenager-world should therefore not be confined to this world alone as it would be if this was a film, which only dealt with teenage-problems. The reluctance that is felt at the other end of the line, when the girl phones one of her parents wanting to be picked up in the wilderness where she was dumped after she was raped, is not the reluctance of that parent really - it is much more the reluctance of society to deal with a problem that, in truth, that society bears the responsibility for. Likewise, Zack, the villain, is obviously not treated very harshly by the headmaster he is called to (not shown) and we can assume that the society (headmaster) in which Zack lives appreciates him as a proper lackey only doing what he is supposed to be doing. In fact it becomes more and more clear as the film moves along, that Zack is the embodiment of the status quo in present society, raping, killing and lying his way though life as in the end when he states to the populace, like any true politician, that he only did what he could do for the poor troubled girl and cannot be blamed for her confusion.And now we come to the final scene in this film, where my interpretation of it may seem fantastic and round the bend, wore it not for some details, that I now immediately want to point out before disappearing too far into the rabbit-hole.In the messages sent to the mobile-phones the text is clearly displayed more than once stating "You can stop this now". This indicates that all receiving that message just have to push a button to stop the execution that will otherwise follow. The decision not to push the button must therefore be interpreted as an unanimous decision. Apparently this message is sent to bystanders of the procedures going on and not to principal players involved in the drama (about this I am however not quite sure). These uninvolved bystanders could be said to be on the same level as the public viewing the film.In the final scene, the hero points out that his killing of the fiend would just be like killing a momentary symptom of the malady in society and that he has another idea in store for us. He realizes that the decision must be made by the public should it have any effect on the malady itself. The public must decide if it is to loose the captain of the swimming-team and the national vanity coupled to that loss or loose the possibility for justice instead. In other words: Only if the public is prepared to loose its idiotic common vanity can it also hope to accomplish justice.Those are indeed strong statements belonging in a film of quite a different standard than a teenage-flick. To make sure this is not a statement for or against capital punishment. In this scene Zack is no longer a person to be executed but the malady itself that can only be overcome by loosing vanity.Had all this been a little clearer, then we would have had a milestone of a film. However, as things are now, we would maybe then have had no film at all. Therefore this is a solid seven stars that however becomes a solid ten stars if many interpret this film as I just did.Incidentally, if the director of this film reads this review, would he then please let me know if I was totally wrong with my interpretation or if I hit the bulls-eye.

luke-eberhardt Stylistic Australian thriller of riveting and thought provoking atmosphere. This is original enough to keep me on the edge of my seat, and once again its another extraordinary debut for an Australian talent. Its also great to see an unknown cast break out of this, performances are great from Oliver Aukland and Adelaide Clemens. Its also scary to see in this teen world where Gen Y Kids interact in their world that adults know little or nothing about, you would then ask the question are they safe or not, and it gives them concern if their not. Visually impressive, it looks gentle on the outside but dark and keep pushing the boundaries to each level. After watching this I almost feel this could definitely use another viewing.