Review of Borderland (2007) by Dean L — 29 May 2008
It is difficult to rate this movie. It is billed as a horror film and based upon true life events. The watered down blend comes up lacking something in both genres.
The premise is based upon the real life Santiera practitioners in Mexico. Torture is a staple in their rituals as screams appease their "gods" and the brutality is evident, but while the base in reality made this a bit more horrifying they took it too far in that direction and left out too much of the "horror.".
The torture is real enough, but culled down. The "soulless" minions are very earthbound. The message of what man will perpetrate upon man in the name of his "god" is there, but gets lost in the mire.
Had they depicted the slaughters more intensely and, to be frank, really put more into the gore and fear and not toned it down it would have been a real fright.
It earns decent marks for the acting and for its reality based premise (and yes, Sean Astin does well as a bad guy), but it was just not chilling enough.
I need more fright from the "8 films to die for" category and this one did not give that to me.
Still, a decent watch, but not as a true "horror" film.
This review of Borderland (2007) was written by Dean L on 29 May 2008.
Borderland has generally received mixed reviews.
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