digital torture porn: TORMENTED

Choice dialogue: "I was known as John Englund. I am now Robert Saxon!"

Plot in one sentence: A maniac kidnaps Faye, a seemingly innocent girl to take revenge.

What works:

-certain moments of brutality did feel orgasmic, appealing to a misogynist in me;

- pacing is good, film never feels drawn out; -some nice cinematography;

What doesn't work:

-There's no original music;



Even the best films I watch don't end soon enough.
There's always a 10-15 minute slack that could be rid of.
Luckily, "Tormented" is not guilty of being overlong. At about 40 minutes' running time it feels nice and tight. Perhaps the short duration was more due to limited budget and not consideration for impatient viewers.

The best thing I liked was the violence.
I couldn't really care for Faye character so it was rather nice seeing her beaten into a gory pulp.

Acting is a lot more confident than in previous Impey efforts.
Rami Hilmi and Helen Clifford did a credible job with their parts. The bulk of the film really rests on their performances.



Dialogue is "classic" Impey: a mixture of swearwords, politically incorrect speeches and film references.
Robert Saxon is another one of Impey's mentally unstable characters who cannot get over some past abuse.
Ending wasn't as downbeat as it could have possibly been.

"Tormented" could be a very nice introduction for the newcomers to cinema of Jason Impey.

TORMENTED TRIVIA

-shot in two days;

-director Impey, actress Sharon Alcock and cinematographer Kemal Yildirim have brief cameos;

-part of an unofficial thrilogy with "Troubled"(2007) and "Tortured"(2009).

Tormented(UK, 2010)

Written, Produced, Directed by Jason Impey
Cinematography Kemal Yildirim
Starring: Rami Hilmi, Helen Clifford