Review of Freeze Me (2000) by Signe P — 13 Jul 2008

It is no secret that Japan is able to come up with these whacked out stories. This rape-revenge thriller concept falls into this category, but director Takashi Ishii doesn't take advantage of it. We just end up with a disappointing thriller.

You have a young woman who gets raped by 3 men, who then years later decide to do it again. So she decides to kill them and store their bodies in freezers. That sounds like it has some potential to entertain right? It is too bad that the film itself isn't as interesting as the plot.

The biggest annoyance of this film is the main character, Chihiro. It's not the acting that is bad, but it is the character's decision making. It is because of this that you don't feel as bad as you should every time the rapists feel her up or penetrate her on multiple occasions.

This film has a ton of nudity, which is fine. We have many a scene with Chihiro showing us her boobs. It is not only during the rape scenes either. This movie finds the time to get in a couple of normal sex scenes with her boyfriend in the middle of all of this.

All the nudity may catch your attention, but in this film it feels like the scenes go on and on just so you can see her cleavage for just a few more minutes. I mean, how many times do I need to see her go into the shower? If I want to see a film with some story and a beautiful women strutting her stuff, then I will watch a soft core porn.

This is not a soft core porn the last time I checked.The acting is OK. Harumi Inoue does a decent job with the lead and the 3 rapists are good. You really want to see them die.Unlike The Machine Girl, which takes the good guy killer story and runs with it, this one just takes a slow walk and doesn't really go anywhere.