What a weird film this is. Starts as a routine, if nasty piece of genre lore, ends as crazy-ass, surprisingly spiritual meditation on the idea of human suffering itself. That it calls the bluff of most torture porn films is a nice bonus.
This review of Martyrs (2008) was written by Paul C on 18 Aug 2011.
Martyrs has generally received mixed reviews.
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