redrobin62-321-207311
"Prisoners" with Hugh Jackman was a good revenge film. However, because it was a Hollywood production, we never got to see Paul Dano graphic beating, just the aftermath. In 7 Days, you're not spared the brutality; it's right in your face. Yes, you need a strong stomach to handle it. Also, if you are turned off by male nudity, this movie isn't for you.I question the pacing of the film, though. It can be pretty lethargic in spots. That's pretty much what my complaint was with "Martyrs." I couldn't help thinking that the director wanted to fill the audience with the same kind of ennui anyone who was kidnapped will face. Yes, we get it. Revenge doesn't happen at 100 MPH. The acting was spot on in this film. The atmosphere created was tense as hell. The father's brutality seemed over the top, but I guess it is what it is. I'd say the film is worth seeing if it could be re-edited for a faster pace.
tdrish
I'm going to review "7 Days" today, which is a Canadian/French horror revenge drama thriller ( WOW! That's a mouthful!) However, I want to get this thought out before we get to the review, and I'm going to explain why I want to share this thought before I review the movie. As a childless, married man for several years, I close my eyes, and I ponder how any sick soul on the planet would have the heart to do bodily harm to a child, and yet we see these sickening acts daily. We hear about it on the news, we read about it in tabloids, and we see the headlines on the internet. It's every parents worse nightmare...pedophiles. Even though I have no children, one may think that this would not be of any concern to me. It is a strong concern for me! The reason is simple: I know several people who have children, and I wouldn't wish any harm done to them. Even the parents I do not know, I wouldn't want any harm done to their kids. However, it happens daily, it happens every minute, every second. As if that's not disturbing enough, "7 Days" will explore how one man steps over the line of being sick enough to molest a child, but to murder an eight year old girl as well. That's not a man, that's a monster. I always believed molestation was the devastation. How could you take a child's life as well? The movie I am going to review will explore one fathers vengeance upon the attacker. And I'll let you know straight up, you are not going to be waiting long to see what he's got in store for him. The thought I want to share with you, is the reaction that some people will have watching this film. ( And the reaction seems to be the same for many of these films of the same genre.) You may hear one say: "Well, daddy is just as bad as him. No matter what someone does to you, you don't go around hurting other people." Well, daddy isn't going around hurting other kids, so I tend to disagree with you. What is very shocking, is a huge percentage of people agree that a father taking matters in his own hands is just wrong, that he should just turn this over to the police, and let them handle it. Obviously, a few of us disagree with the procedure that these slime bags get for their crimes committed, feeling as if they are handled all too lightly. I question how, living in the United States, how rape is handled through long drawn out court cases, and yet the penalty for rape in the military is simple...the punishment is death! This movie is not in English, it's in french. I do not speak french, I do not understand french, and I really do not understand a word that was spoken in this movie. Why did I watch it? Simple: I wanted to see a pedophile/rapist/killer get the sh*t knocked outta him! And "7 Days" delivered the goods. Given the fact that the father doesn't speak one single word to the killer anyway, it justified me giving it a decent review. What you can expect, is some very emotional/ intense atmosphere, I cannot stress this enough. And the violence in this movie is incredibly graphic. If your too sensitive of a viewer, back away from this, please. There are many scenes of disturbing nature. Oh, and I think I forgot to tell you, daddy has an ace up his sleeve...HE'S A DOCTOR! So don't be surprised when he does a fantastic surgical procedure on the pervert, rigging his stomach up so that if he has to poop, it's straight out his belly! Unfortunately, I was more saddened then relieved to see this creep get what he deserves. There's plenty of scene's when the father says absolutely nothing, his hardened face softens at times, and you can see the pain in his eyes of losing his child. Then, his eyes become cold, and he unleashes his vengeance on thee, with a whip, with a sledgehammer, with a drug that will paralyze his entire body. This film is well acted, and everything seems near perfect. ( Due to its nature, I am restricting this to a 7 out of 10 rating. It's obviously nothing I can ever bare to watch again. Once is enough for me.) A quick message to any sap who thinks about harming a child, think again, this could be you one day!
billcr12
Revenge is sweet in 7 Days, a Canadian torture thriller in French when a surgeon's daughter is abducted, raped and killed by a low life criminal named Anthony. The good doctor, Bruno, captures the "suspect" and takes him to an isolated cabin in the woods: and let the games begin for seven days of extreme and inventive pay back. Bruno calls the police that at the end of one week, he is going kill Anthony after inflicting as much pain as possible, however, the psychopath adapts to his situation and mocks his host for not seeming to enjoy the suffering of his hostage. Tony admits to the murder of the doctors girl, in addition to three others.Meanwhile, a detective furiously searches for the cabin to stop the execution. This leads to an interesting conclusion; and you will have to decide if justice is served.
FF_Beaner
I read the book before watching the movie. Les sept jours du Talion by Pat. Senecal was way better then the movie. Major element were not put in the movie. The deer thing was originally a dog always crying making Bruno Hamel go insane and yelling at the forest. The movie also forgot to show how crazy and mad bruno hamel turned. we didn't saw him driving drunk and almost crashing in cars. The story seemed incomplete since it lacked on explanation of why he turned like he was in the end. They really rushed the part were he organized the kidnapping of Lemaire, which in the book was methodical and complex that we saw he had turned cold and silent. For the actor part, Marc legault did a really good work, we really felt his anger and his pain. Other then that, not many actor seemed to emerge from the movie. The wife was also left apart of the story, making the movie miss another important thing from the book. In the end, it wasn't as good as 5150 rue des ormes, another book/movie from senecal, but it was worth watching it.
