Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Leofwine_draca I'm not sure why this film was so highly acclaimed upon release. It's another grim and unsatisfactory serial killer outing, with Stellan Skarsgard on gruff form as a tired, beat-down old cop investigating the crimes of a murderer who carves a mysterious symbol upon the bodies of his victims.It amazes me that over a decade after the success of SE7EN, films are still content to copy the same look and feel. W DELTA Z is an uneven movie in which the usual police procedural stuff feels tired and forced. It doesn't help the film at all that the characterisation is nil and when finally unmasked, the serial killer role suffers from the worst miscasting ever. Plus, W DELTA Z copies heavily the kind of torture porn familiar in the SAW movies, so don't expect a lot of insight here, just pain.With Skarsgard on autopilot, it's left to the supporting cast members to try to do something with the movie. Tom Hardy has a brief but eye catching turn as a street thug, but Melissa George takes centre screen in one of those rookie cop type roles. I've always liked her as an actress, especially given that she seems fond of the horror genre given how many horror movies she'd made over the years. Paul Kaye and Selma Blair are lower down the list. In any case, you can't help but feel that the actors are wasting their time with this one.

NateWatchesCoolMovies W Delta Z, or The Killing Gene as it was re titled upon North American release, is a grungy, grisly serial killer chiller in the vein of Saw a nod Seven. For me though, it's better than both of those films. It boasts some really dark, squirm inducing atmosphere that makes Seven look like Sesame Street, and some incredibly memorable work from its actors, every single one in-typecast and firing on all cylinders to create a bloody genre throwback that will leave you gasping for air. Stellan Skarsgard plays Eddie Argo, an inner city detective tasked with finding a serial killer who sets their crimes up like a psychological experiment, making the victim choose between killing themselves or some one they love, seeing how long it takes for them to break, in an attempt to prove that their is in fact no love, just an equation that can be broken like any other. Skarsgard gives a performance and then some, going to some truly brave, vulnerable places that resonate on screen and stay with you after. Melissa George plays his partner very well. Tom Hardy is a huge highlight here, playing a psychopathic gangbanger with energetic, carefree sleaziness that would make the Joker blush. Ashley Walters is excellent as a street thug with an important part to play. Paul Kaye and John Sharian rock their scenes. The real treat here though is Selma Blair. She's a girl I've never really seen take chances, but she throws herself into the most difficult role in the film with such dedication and fearlessness, she should be proud. She plays the killer, which is no spoiler, just watch the trailer, and she's damn scary. As a woman bereft of everything, her change into a jaded monster out to prove the nonexistence of something as pure as love is chilling. Watch yourself going into this one though.. It's one of the most brutal, disgusting, harrowing flicks I've ever seen. But it's not exploitation. It has something to say, a question to pose to its audience that leaves you with something to ponder, which helps shake the terror and gloominess out of your head.

KinkyMinx21 I had high hopes for this film just looking at the cast which includes Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George, Tom Hardy & Selma Blair among others. Add to this to the fact that I love movies in this genre & how could this possibly fail? Well, I'm afraid it did. The premise was interesting enough, the police try to find someone who is killing people, carving weird formula's into their skin & then dumping the bodies. There were a few twists along the way as our protagonist (Skarsgard) & his partner (George) attempted to discover the identity of the perpetrator, however, the progression of the story went at such a sluggish pace that the revelation seemed to come too late for me to care, it didn't feel suspenseful, it just felt slow. I also felt that the whole thing might have been more plausible if Jean had had an accomplice. As it stood, it was completely unbelievable that this tiny woman would have had the skills or strength to overcome several well-built men, (who were likely armed) drug them & transport them from one location to another. Not only this but she has to carry or drag them to her killing room, get them in the chairs & strap them down, just would not happen without drawing some attention to yourself. Yes, towards the end, we see her dupe a passerby into helping her but even if she did this every time, she still has to get them out of the van. It just seemed ridiculous that a viewer would buy this! The next discoveries regarding the cover up & evidence destruction were not a huge surprise, maybe I've seen too many films in this vein to be easily shocked but it became pretty obvious to me where it was going. The final big reveal, Skarsgard's relationship with his informant, again wasn't earth shattering. He obviously wasn't his son so you start asking yourself, why is he so attached to this guy? and from there, it's not so hard to work it out. On a positive note, George is believable as the young detective & Hardy takes up the role of tough gangster with conviction. Selma Blair is criminally underused however. Not awful but I'm glad I didn't pay to see it.

MovieSonic Melissa George seems to pick out very good scripts (Triangle (2009), is another favourite of mine). This is one of those films that gets better and more engaging as it goes along - the twist was a bit of a surprise but I thought it was done well (it could have gone either way). There was a bit of gore but not much; the focus of the film was on the mystery.Some of it felt a bit gimmicky (i.e. the equation on the front cover) and I felt that could have been discussed/handled a bit differently to make it more realistic but it doesn't really matter.There's a thing these days where low budget films use overly shaky cameras to hide the low production value ("it's meant to look like that") and to be honest, it gets annoying in places. The shots of people standing or sitting still did not need a shaky camera! I didn't know Selma Blair was in this and actually, there were quite a few famous faces I wasn't expecting to see. I watched it because of Melissa George and her ability to pick good scripts. Selma's performance was good and she clearly put the effort in to play it straight but I never quite believe her. There's always something about her that says "haha, just kidding".None of this detracted from the film though and it does make you think (a bit) and was very entertaining.Well worth watching 8/10