Spoonatects
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
Brenda
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Aspen Orson
There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
redrobin62-321-207311
You know, I don't blame the lead actress for her wide-eyed, over acting, over screaming performance. It's likely that that's what the director wanted, and boy, did she deliver the hamminess in spades! When she was finished screaming, she screamed some more. And when she was finished doing that, she screamed some more. Then, just when you though she'd ran out of screams, she screams some more.I did like the frantic editing work. I do appreciate the labor that went into it. I also thought the story was interesting - a Nazi cannibal movie. Was that the first? Anyway, Nazis or not, it was almost a note for note duplicate of similar inbred hillbilly horror flicks. At least this one wasn't afraid to deliver the gore. Now, if they could've just done away with that ridiculous hamminess...
Fella_shibby
Frontier(s) is a fast-paced, very violent thrill-ride from Xavier Gens (The divide, Hit-man@2007, ABCs of death-segment-XXL). It is a brutal, depressing horror flick. Obviously the director was influenced by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of 1000 corpses, Timber falls. There are some genuinely frightening scenes, like the claustrophobic-to- the-max 'tunnel scene' n the Oven scene. Excellent cinematography by Laurent Barès (Inside, Livid, Hit-man, The divide, The pack). The Inn, the farmhouse, the claustrophobic mine, the chilling elevator, perfectly lighted hall, the deserted roads all very well shot. The movie is tight and fast-paced and very eerie. Saw this on a rented DVD in 2008. The acting is pretty good with Samuel le Bihan (The code, Brotherhood of the wolf) particularly fine as a brutal villain and Karina Testa one beautiful, gutsy and sympathetic heroine. The movie had strong character development and gave me a sense of sympathy for the actors playing the characters in distress. It devotes a good 30 minutes or so to acquainting us to the characters and really making you like them. Frontiers is fast brutal sadistic movie filled with tons and tons of blood n graphic violence.
Kerem Gogus
Dull and boring. Horrible and annoying acting. Superficial and crappy story.Cheap look on overall imagery like it filmed with a pocket camera. Awful atmosphere (not in a good way). Just another cheap torture porn with age old cliché. They tried to use NAZI theme and failed miserably, they also tried Joseph Mengele inspiration and also fail miserably. They tried to be gory because they think that is the only thing to sell that stuff but failed on it epically. Everything you'll see on the movie are already done with other torture porn movies. Nothing new or creative, don't waste your time and money.
Michael Blackpaw
I'm a big fan of horror films, and I can safely say that this film only comes across as mediocre in it's genre. But, having spent a mere £1 on the film, which was given to Cancer Research UK, I've got no complaints, and I'm sure the money will be going to good use.The film opens with an interesting back story about riots caused by recent political issues. This is actually quite thoughtful, and could have been very interesting to explore, and could have made the film very thought provoking. But no, the director decided to use that as nothing but a story to get the film started, and isn't actually referred to much, if at all, after the opening of the film.So now that we've already lost out on the interesting story, what have we got to salvage? Thieves that got caught up in the riots, trying to escape, and finding free accommodation. Now it's turned into the French version of "Hostel", it's not going to get any better. Especially when they introduce the people the main characters will have to run from: cannibalistic Neo-Nazis and cannibalistic Neo-Nazi prostitutes. From then on, the story turned from interesting to truly surreal, and not in a good way.Gore was clearly a point they aimed to put first, yet, despite the rather grim cover, there wasn't as much gore as one might think. The scenes that were violent, were hard to watch at times, but very few of these scenes actually turned up. This is good in a way, because it means that while the film definitely belongs in the torture porn genre, it still builds some sense of tension, which is always a good thing in a horror film.The tipping point for me that truly spoilt the film was the section in which one of the characters acquires a gun, and begins having firefights with the cannibalistic Neo-Nazi prostitutes. This is living proof that one should never attempt to shift from one genre to another, because it will kill the tone that has been painstakingly built up by the film. Horror is good, and works, and would have worked for the ending of the film. Going from horror to action is pathetic, and, if anything, doesn't go at all, and completely destroys any good views of the film.However, despite my slating of the film, it is the sort of film one could watch easily as a bit of evening entertainment. The acting is solid, and shows that the actors themselves have some ability in spite of the pathetic story. One should also bear in mind that the lines in the film were quite well written: it was the plot that needed an overhaul.