JustinCasey83 Alexandre Aja directs a slasher flick that is in abundance of blood,gore and violence in this French film called "High Tension".Cecile De France and Maiwenn star in this movie that tells the story of Alex and Marie's trip to rural Southern France to study when a sudden appearance of a man driving a truck started to wreck havoc to the family of Alex and puts Alex into captivity.Marie hangs on for an opportunity to save Alex.But things become awkward in the end as it was presented that Marie and the killer are one and the same.Despite the much debated possibility of Marie and the killer being the same person,the movie as a slasher flick was definitely entertaining.Viewers who love blood,gore and excessive violence will definitely enjoy this film.As far as the issue of having Marie and the killer as one and the same,I felt that it was clearly presented in the first scene but many people missed it particularly those who were furious about it.But for people who caught it,there should be no issue at all.

Desertman84 The French film "Haute Tension" a.k.a "High Tension" provides a good movie that would require probably at least two viewing to have a better understanding of the story and a nice appreciation of the movie.This slasher story that was directed by Alexandre Aja stars Cécile de France,Maïwenn and Philippe Nahon.The story involves a murders that are taking place in a French city that is committed by a serial killer.The victims that are killed are Alex's father,Alex's mother and a store keeper at a gas station.We also get to get to meet Marie,a lesbian who have great love for Alex.Violence predominates the story but nothing is what it seems.The final scene involves Alex looking over Marie over the window at a psychiatric hospital.No question that this was an extremely violent movie.The violence shown in it was definitely awkward and to the extreme.Too bad that many viewers misjudged it as a bad film.Even the late movie critic Roger Ebert gave it a 1 out of 4 rating.To have a clear understanding of the film,a viewer just needs to be attentive to it to fully understand the story.Or better yet,watch it a couple of times to appreciate its filmmakers' creativity.

SnoopyStyle Marie and Alex drive to spend a couple of days on Alex's parents' farm. Marie has a crush on her best friend Alex. Everybody is sleeping while Marie masturbates. Someone rings the doorbell. Alex's father answers the door and is killed. One by one, her family is slaughtered. Alex is chained up and taken. The phone is cut. Marie goes unnoticed by the killer and sneaks onto the truck.This is bloody and violent. It's brutal once the blood starts splattering. Cécile de France has a great look. It's an ultra-violent French horror and fairly effective as a brutal blood fest. Then there comes the twist. This twist is getting a little tired and overused. It's not that well constructed in this case. The twist becomes something tacked on out of nowhere.

OzoFriendly I'm all for giving a young, promising director a break, but I suspect expectations were way too high for this film. Luc Besson co- producing? Better make some waves with this one Mr Aja.So what began as a pretty reasonable, by-the-numbers slasher that could simply have showcased some genuine directorial flair, not to mention De France's acting ability, instead jack-knifed horribly when someone evidently decide to add a 'twist'. The twist was so utterly ill-considered and impossible that the movie simply crashed at the exact moment it was revealed, instantaneously rendering everything up to that moment meaningless and valueless and everything that followed pointless noise.I can't quite bring myself to hate the movie - I thought the editing was pretty good - but neither could I recommend it except as yet another object lesson in directorial 'don'ts'. Twist aside, there were just too many clichés, De France was given too much rein and the lazy use of lighting was a distraction.