Extremely disappointing (I'm probably giving it half a star more then it deserves). I really expected more from Louis Feuillade, who also directed the masterful "Les Vampires".
the MPAA are a joke... For example I personally find it ridiculous that "Last Tango in Paris" a film about a solely sexual relationship (it's not even visually that explicit) is still rated NC-17, yet "The Passion of the Christ" where a man gets graphically tortured for over two hours is only rated R.