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Alexander Martschewski, Angelika Bartsch, Helga Bellinghausen

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong (Russell) researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen (Kretschmann) for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a life...( read more  read more... )style similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

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Unrated, 90 min.

Directed by: Martin Weisz

Release Date: February 28, 2007

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  • 76Majikat
    February 4, 2009
    76Majikat
    I have to say, I?ve watched many a Horror and Slasher type film, seen torturous plots and of course I?m a huge fan of Serial Killer films, but I think I finally found my boundary here, as it was a little too sick for my taste. Perhaps it?s the fact that it is based on a true st...( read more)ory, that certainly added to the chill of the film, but there was also something very realistic about the last few scenes, that felt a little too voyeuristic.
  • Stinger839
    October 29, 2008
    Stinger839
    This gets two stars for being made without any serious acting or editing flaws. And it has thoughtful cinematography. That is all it does well. The only people who will see this are probably those already familiar with the true story, which is SO ripe for some really ground-break...( read more)ing rule-breaking film-making but this film just turns into a sort of made-for-TV version of the story. There are four treatments of the story, and I wanted to see at least one of those (Lommel's 'Cannibal') before reviewing this, but I'm not gonna. The story, if you don't know, is about cannibal serial killer Armin Meiwes who advertised for a victim online, and found a willing participant named Brandes whose fantasy was to watch his penis be bitten off and devoured. Meiwes videotaped the "slaughter" of his "victim", which is why authorities and the press know that Meiwes was unable to bite the penis off, so Brandes had to settle for a knife. They both wanted to eat the penis, but Meiwes overcooked it after Brandes commented that it was too chewy raw. The movie does a fair re-staging (I wonder if the director/creators were able to see the real tape) but all of the gore is left out. We don't see any filet of dicklet or any anxious biting.... which that's half the reason I watched this - guaranteed fucked up combo of two fucked up things - castration and cannibalism. I also wanted to feel the bond between these two characters and how this act was making them whole, but all I got was Keri Russell's preachy and transparent voice-over, which her character was attempting to show "a sane and empathetic look at madness" but all it does is interfere in the pacing and mislead the audience. The acting between the two leads hits stride at certain moments, but for the most part Kretschmann is walking blocks around his counterpart. I also dislike the flashbacks of the men's childhoods, which is actually the reason why Meiwes was able to have this film banned in Germany (he didn't like people talking about his mommy issues). And I didn't like the movie using his mommy issues to prop up a Norman Bates figure for us, as serial killing is FAR more complex than an overbearing mommy. And, I need to say it again. I wanted more gore. One thing I don't know about this case (and I'm the sort of sick fuck that REALLY wants to see the real tape) is when Meiwes sliced off the penis, did he leave Brandes' balls on him or cut the whole sort of penile bulb out all at once? There's no reason why a movie with this content couldn't have answered my question there. In "Pink Flamingos", Waters wasn't afraid to show that Divine had let the manservant keep his balls, so why is a foreign director afraid of frontal nudity (of which there is NONE in this film) in today's market where the audience applauds when Hostel 2's protagonist clearly and nonchalantly slices off a penis and tosses it to hungry dogs as the movie's climax? I guess the director wanted to make something more meaningful, but he didn't and I don't know if they were able to use real transcripts/emails from the case, but alot of the crucial lines could have been better written.

    I reluctantly place this movie on my "That's Fucked Up" Movies list but only because of the premise; I don't think this can compare by a mile to most of my other picks on the list, and the premise is really the most "fucked up" part about it, so I'll just choose the most chilling scene to me as my

    "So Fucked Up" highlight: the first young guy who volunteers and then freaks out when he realizes Meiwes is for real
  • habitualdamnation
    May 21, 2008
    habitualdamnation
    Great photography but totally forced! Ugh... Missed opportunity on many counts. Should have chosen German for language, really.
  • vierasesine
    April 2, 2007
    vierasesine
    I would've been a whole lot happier bunny had they spoken German, but I suppose because of Keri Russell they chose to speak English instead - with German accents. The German court banned this film because Meiwes (the real life cannibal this film is based on) thought it was a viol...( read more)ation of his personal rights to feast upon only the goriest details of the story and to display his problematic relationship with his mother all out on the open like that. Hell, If I had a childhood or sexual interests like that, I wouldn't want the whole world to know about them either. (Though, honestly, I would have preferred to see more cannibalistic man-on-man action rather than Keri staring at herself in the mirror).
  • MiioOo
    July 2, 2009
    MiioOo
    l'idée meme du film est bonne..je parle de son histoire a lui, mais la fille na aucun lien avec donc sa gache un peu l'histoire....
  • peachface1983
    July 26, 2008
    peachface1983
    Dont understand why would anyone what this done to them...
  • Elsashoni
    July 8, 2008
    Elsashoni
    strange, very strange! kinda gripping tho...
  • Axlness
    February 6, 2008
    Axlness
    awesome movie, very thoough provoking and strangle yeah hmm....gets ya thinking.
  • XcandyXcoveredX
    January 26, 2008
    XcandyXcoveredX
    this film is FUCKING screwed up and weird but actually AMAZING!!!
    You end up feeling sorry for the main characters and its a really powerful film...
    A MUST watch...

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