Review of Arena (2011) by Richard V — 09 May 2013

68%.

I wanted to punch the shoulder fucking frat guy with the hair and nose and foam sword, who kept yelling "Awesome!" at the computer. I can understand people tuning into a death match, out morbid curiosity, but to cheer and yell out "awesome" as a guy gets his head chopped off, well sir, you need some help. I've seen online beheadings from the middle east (which I don't recommend unless you want homeland security checking for peanuts in your shit) and it is far from awesome (stays with you forever). The middle ages are over, at least in America. Don't get me wrong, I do like a good gladiator flick, where the violence is stylized and over the top, obviously fake, it is in our nature to fight and for me, these flicks do releave a certain something, but I don't cream in my shorts at other peoples misery. Torture porn sucks.