This sad, heartbreaking and utterly disturbing movie is truly torture porn. What should you expect though, from the producers of SAW?
Unlike a lot of torture porn movies, "The Tortured" really can't be lumped into that category. It plays out more like a really gory and intense episode of TV's "Criminal Minds" than a traditional torture porn movie. The premise is simple. A child killer abducts a child right in front of his father, from his own front yard. He tortures and kills the little boy. Despite being caught red handed, but sadly, after he had freshly killed their son, he is apprehended. The killer pleads innocent but is found to be responsible for the death and mutilation of countless other child victims. In order to give the families of the dead children closure and under pressure from the DA, they strike a deal with the killer and he only receives 25 years to life. Meaning, he could be set free in as little as ten years.
Fearing that he could be set free to repeat his atrocities, the young parents of the slain child devise a plan to abduct, torture and kill their son's killer.
It stars well known TV actors Erika Christensen ( Parenthood), and the smokin' hot Jesse Metcalfe ( Desperate Housewives) as well as a gaggle of several other familiar TV faces.
The torture and gore are amped up to some very unsettling degrees. At times, I found myself literally squirming in my seat.
Though Erika Christensen and Jesse Metcalfe's characters are essentially the victims in the equation, their eye for an eye approach, makes you question, who is the real bad guys here.
I think this would be a great movie for the victims of any crime that they feel was unjust and the perpetrator was not fairly punished.
However, there is a major plot twist or in this case, a red herring that you could never have seen coming, that will make you sick to your stomach. I'll be honest with you, I'm still not exactly sure of what happened? You think you know because they show you. But then, at the last minute, they flip the script on you and end the movie cold. It leaves you with many questions and wondering what did you just watch? If you think the ending is as simple as they show you at the end in the recap, rewind the ending again to the revelation and then you'll see. I can't tell you what I think happened, because it might ruin the movie for everyone. However, rather cryptically, I will say, things are not necessarily what they seem and people might be more guilty of things that they haven't even being convicted of yet. See, I've already said too much.
"The Tortured" is a good movie, especially if you like shows like "Criminal Minds". But, make no mistake.. there WILL be blood!
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