LargerRun Bitch Run
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Release Date: 2009-12-08
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Only Worthwhile If You're Into the 70s-Style Rape/Revenge Films
If I can describe my feelings regarding this movie in one word, it would be "meh". While others may find it shocking at some points, overall I found it a bit too over the top to even illicit much of a response.
The plot is very basic: Two Catholic school girls are selling Bibles door to door when they witness a murder within a rundown house that happens to be a drug/prostitution den. The girls are captured, and one is immediately raped and killed while the other is taken to a wooded area and sexually assaulted. She manages to escape, and then exacts her revenge.
It's a very standard and gruesome rape/revenge plot, although to be frank there is more rape than revenge. Out of the nearly 90s minutes of video, the revenge part comprises about 20 minutes. While the content may not be as cringe-inducing as some horror movies, it is still very, very graphic. Do not watch if you are adverse to nudity, murder, rape, or necrophilia. Really, just don't. Personally, I found much of it so over the top that at points it seemed an almost satire of the 70s faux-snuff films. I'd have stopped watching the first 5 minutes in, but I have to admit, the subpar acting, horrible wanna-be porn music, grainy film and gratuitous violence had a deer-in-the-headlight effect on me. I continued watching (fast forwarding in many areas) simply because, like a nasty car crash, you just can't look away.
If you're interested in the cinematography, the film is shot on moderate quality film and then filtered to give it a grainy, retro feel. I have to admit, the director did a good job in this regard. As far as the shots and angles are concerned, it's competent, but lacks that slick professionalism you'd associate with "real" movies. In this regard it had the feel of a very well directed student film.
If you're expecting a fulfilling movie, skip this.
If you are disturbed by graphic violence and (simulated) sexual assault, skip this.
If you can stomach the questionable content and like laughing at so-so movies a la Mystery Science Theater, then this might work.
Ugh.
I usually like well done revenge movies. I happened to watch this one because it is available on Netflix and the synopsis sounded interesting. Well, this movie is now in the top three of all time worst movies I have ever seen. Actually, I fast forwarded through about 75% of it because it was just unbearable.
I try not to judge what other people may or may not like. If you enjoy absolutely horrible writing and acting, totally over the top gratuitous sex and violence, and characters who don't seem related to the genus homosapien, you may enjoy this movie.
(I created the "Mikey Likes It" name for a review I wrote about a TV. Trust me, it has nothing to do with this movie).Die Bish Die...
To the whole cast and crew. Basically anyone that had anything to do with this hot steam rolled mess posing as a film. The whole production was a GHASTLY mess from beginning to end. Atrocious acting, run of the mill plot, bad lighting, dialog, makeup, casting and costume design. I knew there was going to be some gore but the rape scenes were down right unnecessary. I should have followed my gut. With a name like "Run Bitch Run" what did I expect. Jokes on me for wasting an hour or so out of my life watching this steaming dung heap of a film. Everyone involved in this mess should go play in traffic.'Run Bitch Run' away from this misogynist mess!
Once again I fell prey to the early reviews posted here for this atrocious film - when will I learn?? This flick suffers from bad acting, weak script, violence we`ve seen a thousand times done better elsewhere, and characters you actually want to see dead, the sooner the better in fact. And none of the marketing or philosophical reviews here remotely ring true. This flick only appeals to men who really hate women big time - I`m aware that almost all exploitation is misogynistic on one level or another, but this turned me off entirely, and I own a toolshed of exploitation films. The way women are treated is disgusting. In order for a revenge flick to work, you need to know something about the background or have reason to feel for the victim(s), otherwise it`s like reading the obituary column - if you don`t know the deceased, who cares? No effort is made to do this at all, so it fails completely as a revenge film. The only nudity is always tied to extreme violence, so it`s as erotic as giving grandma a spongebath. And none of the women are much to look at either, another failure on parade. My exploitation brethren, I implore you not to make the same mistake I made after reading the first few reviews and product description, there are too many of these films available that ARE worth watching, avoid this one. 'Run! B**ch Run!' from this misogynistic mess right now!!!Decent
Oh, it's become okay in the modern age to talk and analyze exploitation films in the same terms as we would approach the classics. That's fine to a point, but I think it misses the essential point of such films - the filmmakers themselves didn't take them all that seriously, so coating them with the gloss of academic respectability just takes away from the final product. The more that's written, the less the film works.
Okay, so what is this film? Put simply, it's I Spit on Your Grave, a simple rape/revenge tale. Since this is a modern horror film it's a homage of sorts, even down to selecting a lead actress who resembles that poor woman in the aforementioned title. Now, whether this is a plus of a minus is up to the individual viewer.
The pluses? Well, of its type it's actually quite good. Much has been made of this movie looking like a film made in the 70's, but honestly - it doesn't. That's not a bad thing, though. It's senseless to try to make a film appear as though it's from the 70's. Look at Tarrantino, he tried it with Grindhouse, spending more money in making it look aged than the original films cost to produce. Senseless.
Also, as a homage, it works. It's tasteless (see the minuses section), mostly without a hint of comedy, and even vicious. These are what the film clearly sets out to do, so they're pluses - they work.
The minuses? Well, the main one is - I ask myself, "What's the point, exactly?" What's the point of making a homage to I Spit on Your Grave? Why not simply watch the original film, which ultimately is still more shocking than this film. Make an exploitation film, yes. But why mimic one so closely, especially when you don't have a single idea that tops what is shown in the original work?
The thing is, the so-called "Torture Porn" epidemic has gone much further than this film portrays. The likes of Devil's Rejects does nihilism far better than anything here, for instance.
The soundtrack, too, isn't all that convincing. There are moments when it works, but other times it's clearly a modern work. Let me state up front, I LOVED the soundtrack, but it took me out of the attempted deception of when this film was made (and if people who loved this don't have John Zorn's The Gift CD, why not?!?!)
To put it simply, this is a decent title for fans of 70's exploitation. I'm not sure why they bothered to do it, and perhaps if it had been made in the 70's it would be a cult classic. But the thing is, cult classics BECOME cult classics, they weren't MADE to be cult classics. As such, I think the filmmakers were stretching here. As a rape/revenge tale (blah blah blah, yes I know about Virgin Spring) I don't know why you wouldn't just return to ISOYG.... why watch THIS film.....
I don't want to write a negative review. I give it 4-stars. It does what it says on the box. But if you don't have ISOYG, certainly get that first.Product Description
In the tradition of I Spit on Your Grave and Ms. 45 comes Run! Bitch Run!, an action-packed thriller that pits an innocent and beautiful young woman against a horde of violent, sex-depraved degenerates. And God help you if you re on the wrong side for revenge really is a bitch! Catherine (newcomer Cheryl Lyone) and Rebecca (Playboy s Christina DeRosa) are Catholic school girls selling Bibles door-to-door. They pick the wrong address, however, when they witness a murder committed by a slimy pimp/drug dealer. Taken hostage and beaten and raped, Catherine eventually escapes and dressed as a nurse and ready to mend all ills returns to wreak vengeance on the dastardly lowlifes who took her innocence away. You can run, but you can t hide from this Angel of Death! In his film debut, director Joseph Guzman brings a retro feel to this soon-to-be cult classic, reminiscent of those great exploitation and nudie flicks of the 1970s. So hang on for dear life for the road ahead is a rough one and only the strong survive!
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