It's no shock that working on the past three SAW films has influenced the duo, and it shows in THE COLLECTOR, a raw, gritty and uncompromising horror film that puts the previous SAW film to shame.
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07/27/09
The Collector (2009)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:11
Rotten:33
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Increasingly tedious displays of gore makes this torture porn home-invasion-horror more programmatic than provocative.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $7,674,322
Synopsis: THE COLLECTOR follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has... [More]
Starring: Madeline Zima, Andrea Roth, Daniella Alonso, Robert Wisdom
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Reviews for The Collector
Hardcore horror film with a storyline that resembles a particularly nasty Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.
08/01/09
...an open-handed insult to fans of the horror genre. The storytelling on display is beneath remedial.
07/30/09
The Collector grafts a torture porn payoff onto a heist thriller setup with messy, illogical results.
07/31/09
Top CriticA sub-Saw knockoff that manages to be brutal yet monotonous, not to mention monstrously unpleasant.
08/05/09
Top CriticIf imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then "The Collector" flatters the heck out of "Saw."
07/30/09
There's some torture, a lot of blood, some deaths, the usual routine, but without any suspense or ingenuity.
08/02/09
Top CriticOne trap leaves a woman impaled on a movie screen, producing an image that succinctly if literally sums up a genre’s cynicism.
08/03/09
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10/22/09
Once things get rolling it's actually decent. But the first 25 minutes are flat and boring. Can't quite recommend it.
08/16/09
Offers plenty of gore and stylish cinematography, but no imagination, surprises or intrigue. Ultimately, it's tedious, inane and increasingly preposterous, even if you're willing to suspend your disbelief and to check your brain at the door for 88 minutes
07/31/09
Not pretty, but for a genre that consistently gets off on a Hanna-Barbera aesthetic to shock audiences out of their allowance money, it's interesting to see primal fear put back on the screen.
07/30/09
You will squirm, but aren't we getting a bit desensitized to these routine torture flicks? It's like seeing a pop songstress get naked for the billionth time -- yeah, she's hot, but we have all seen it before.
07/31/09
This is the sort of cheap bilking that separates completists from masochists; the brief suffering onscreen is nothing compared with the agony scary-movie buffs will feel after being so thoroughly cheated.
08/05/09
...a gritty and downright brutal horror-movie endeavor...
11/07/09
If a horror picture is supposed to scare its audience, then this one has misplaced that goal with an onslaught of broken limbs, chipped-out teeth, and melting pussycats.
07/31/09
If the torture-porn genre isn't dead yet, this idiotic exercise in pointless sadism should kill it off for good.
08/01/09
Grisly horror film is smothered in blood and gore.
08/03/09
One of the more doltish entries in the torture subgenre.
08/03/09
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07/31/09
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