5/5 Now What?
  by Michael Enoksen (Marysville, California)
So I just got watching Martyrs and I came to Amazon to give my seller negative feedback. When I ordered this movie I was under the impression that I was getting an American film with a foreign cover. Well I got the foreign film that it is. Obviously I did not pay attention to the site when it told me it was in French. Now that I got my stupidity out there, you might not want to read any more of this review, as I am apparently not all that bright.

I won't relive the story as many other reviewers like to do. I read the product description (minus Language: French). I am sure you have done the same and don't need me to repeat it here...like so many other people like to do.

And now we are to the whole review part. Umm, yeah, different. Wasn't expecting that. Waste of my time? No way. Good flick. Well printed. Well acted. Not a slasher movie by any means. Yes there was some killing, but not the typical, "I'll be right back..." kind of stuff. Blood was abundant, but appropriate when used. I found myself getting caught up in the images so much that I would have to rewind the movie just so I could read the dialog. I saw someone write that the ending was less than acceptable, and I would have to agree. It was almost a comical ending. I think the writers got tired and were probably pressured by a deadline for them to cut it short the way they did. The movie did drag on at times. I had to check the timer to see how much movie was left..."What? It is only at 45 minutes? Seems like it has been at least an hour!"...Not saying it was boring. It kept my attention. I was just so wrapped up in it that I lost track of time. Kinda saw one part of it coming near the middle, but, for the most part, I just let the movie take me where it wanted to and sat back to enjoy the movie(as much as a normal person can "enjoy" a torture film). No it wasn't easy to watch but that is what makes this movie such a good buy. People don't buy torture movies because they want to laugh or cry or even be scared. They want to be disturbed. They want their bubble to be popped. They don't want to be comfortable. They want their views of the world (as well as life in general) to be challenged. Or they make a mistake and buy the wrong movie. After a few minutes the mistakers (I just made that up...you like it?) should turn off the movie as quickly as possible and press on with their lives as if nothing ever happened. There is no need to review a well made movie simply because you are not comfortable with the subject. Wait that sounds like I am into torture. I am not. Hmm...where was I going with that? So anyway, I am now bashing people that bashed this movie so this review has taken a turn for the worse.

My movie is over and I am left with the feeling of what now. What am I supposed to feel based on what I have seen over the last 90 minutes? Am I outraged? Am I saddened? Am I supposed to feel intensly sorry for the women tortured? Am I supposed to want to save the world or am I just supposed to know that this kind of weirdness is present in the world? I am left with this cloud in my head...not sure what is in there. I will just have to feel around for a while to get my bearings.

BTW, I saw on this page Amazon says there is an intro. I didn't get that on my version of the DVD. Hope you enjoy it.

Bottom line: Would I buy the movie again? I have bought duplicate movies (let me refer you to paragraph 1), but if I had lost my copy of this movie or had rented it, the answer is yes I would buy this movie.

4/5 Buena pelicula
  by Flavio dice: (Mexico)
Buena pelicula de horror, del tipo de: "Hostal" o "Rec", si quieren salir del clasico terror Hollywoodense, les recomiendo la pelicula.

5/5 Normal is an ideal fiction
  by PsyRC (USA)
There are certainly twists in this film I did not expect to see (then again, I don't think anything could have prepared me for the 2nd half). It is brutal, cruel, sadistic, and yet very real. We hear about these kinds of things happening, yet rarely have 1st-hand experience (thank goodness for that). I guess it goes to show that, in the lack of a soundly edified social structure keeping a close eye on one's actions (or better yet, when micro-societies possess the power to recreate their own set of rules), the ideal excuse for releasing the primitive beast inside is rendered. Could we all be seeking silently for that one instance in which all repercussions are lost, and sadistic impulses redefine our very course of action? Within the context of a very well encapsulated delusion envisioned by an obviously deranged person, the breath of existence is reduced to satisfying the whims of ignorance. Now, the most important thing to resonate, no matter how utterly humiliated and physically/psychologically fragmented one becomes, the absurdity of reality will obviously take care of everyone, but one can still muster up the power to have the last laugh, as is evident in this film (without giving anything away, especially since this conclusion is highly subjective). Anyway, it is a very difficult film to endure, and I think that it allows one to see beyond their own taboos.. but then again, isn't that the primordial objective of watching movies in the first place?

1/5 What movie are those people talking about?
  by Larry Becker (New York, NY United States)
This is a copy of my Netflix review.

This movie sucks. It starts out with little Lucie escaping from...well, somewhere, then shows us how she bonds with Anna, another girl at, presumably, an orphanage. Then it skips ahead to when they're both young women and Lucie's tracked down the people who kept her prisoner earlier. Then.... I watched this whole thing just to see what the point of it all was, and guess what? THERE'S NO POINT!! This is nothing but torture porn, sort of like FUNNY GAMES but with fewer laughs. Man, those Europeans really give Eli Roth a run for his money! Avoid this film, not because of the violence, but because it's simply a big waste of time....

5/5 The most brutal and twisted horror movie I have ever seen.
  by A. Ward (Sydney, Australia)
Martyrs literally has to be seen to be believed. Forget the Saw's, forget Hostel, forget any other horror film you have ever witnessed. This is the most brutal, intense, twisted horror movie I have had the pleasure of experiencing. If your a die hard fan of messed up stuff, you have to treat yourself to this. Easily my favorite purchase this year.