Movie

The Truth of Lie

2011 · 98 min

A claustrophobic, unrelenting descent into cruelty that keeps you tense and unsettled throughout.

Overview: Two women kidnapped, chained in abandoned basement. Captor tortures them, plans release date revealed. Need for escalating cruelty. Captor's partner arrives, new demands made, situation intensifies.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Violence, power, isolation, madness
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
power
isolation
madness
survival
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong