Snoboa755 i am fascinated by disturbing films but too often i am disappointed with films that claim to be such. men behind the sun at first had me a bit skeptic due to the horrible voice overs however that is a minor attribute to the film so i went on with watching it. i was surprisingly satisfied with what i encountered. though it is not as realistically gory as i expected, it definitely is disturbing. whats even more disturbing is the fact that it is based on true events, events which took place at unit 731 in pingfang china in 1935-1945, here experiments which were depicted in men behind the sun took place. i read an interview with the director and he claims that the experiments that actually took place in unit 731 were far worse than what he depicted in the film. if you enjoy gory and disturbing films such as salo or cannibal holocaust then you will definitely enjoy men behind the sun. i was a little shaken up with the cat scene, i always feel that exploiting animals is not justifiable for the sake of any art form (cannibal holocaust disappointed me greatly due to the multiple real animal killings), however it turns out the scene with the cat was not real and that relieves me :) though it is in fact not real the scene is still very gory and disturbing nonetheless. the autopsy scene is also very memorable and unpleasant perhaps because it is a real autopsy, the director claims they were able to obtain a young boys corpse because a young boy had died at a local hospital, (i find this a bit weird seeing as the body which is undergoing the autopsy seems to be an adult rather than a young buy, however i got this information from the interview i read with the director so i took it as truth). another scene which is pretty horrific is the scene where rats are set on fire while still alive. the birds eye view camera angle makes this scene look pretty awesome because the rats appear to be balls of fire just running frantically on the street and again i do not condone this but it is all part of the horrors behind this film. in short if you want to be disturbed and have upsetting images in your head this is the movie for you. enjoy

ukclaire_475 Real life animal cruelty - I did not watch this scene I was only faced with a disgusting character holding a cat in his arms approaching a room slithering with rats. Hence my 'fingers in ears, lalalalala from mouth FAST FORWARD IT' reaction. I have just read online that this scene, which I am far too disgusted with myself for watching this film to repeat. I have now learned that this scene was with real animals and I hate myself for watching the rest of this film. I can happily deal with fake/props/special effects of human torture but when it's animals I cannot watch. Even more so with real animals, I can't even watch the Butterfly Effect with the dog in the bag scene. I even cry at Planet Earth when a Predator catches its prey.Anyone who loves animals please do not watch this film, PLEASE! This film shows how little some countries think of animals. Also the boy having an autopsy on him? WTF? I hid behind a pillow when it showed his winky, I mean come on who wants to see that??? WTF??? Who wants to see a child having an autopsy and even worse...... THE BODY WAS A REAL DEAD BOY!!!! I just read that too. That is utterly utterly out of this world words cannot describe horrendous sick disgusting.I love horror films, I love a good scare and a good shock but come on this is ridiculous. I am glad I didn't watch the aforementioned scenes although just reading that I have watched a film, albeit one I fast forwarded the bad bits, I will struggle to sleep tonight. I am disgusted with the film makers.I am disgusted this film got a 6???? WTF who is rating this film? You are bad bad people with little care for the lives of others. How can anyone rate this film a 6?? God help us because if this is the sort of film people 'like' I for one don't want to leave my house knowing people out there advocate this kind of horrific violence.It deserves a minus 100, 000, 000. Cheap camera, cheap sets, cheap acting, cheaper voice dubbing and cheap pathetic use of shocks that need someone to get the director 'The Dummies Guide To Making A Decent Film.'

jdaughtry002 I liked this movie's feel as it felt much like a documentary similar to what Faces of Death tried to pull off. I will start by saying, I like watching strange and unusual movies to see what "magic" tricks directors have up their sleeves, but after seeing Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, and a number of other "video nasties", this one definitely is near the top of my list of vomit induced viewing. The movie is slow in parts, but is made up of some really awesome gory scenes of which include an autopsy, and the never-forgetful frozen arm "peeling" scene that stained by brain quite some time. Kudos to the SFX team on this gory gem. Do not watch if you have a weak stomach, or have moral issues. If you do want to see it, then lay the morals down, and grab a freaking paper bag to vomit in. Enjoy!

The_Void With a couple of exceptions, generally any film to do with war is guaranteed to bore the hell out of me. However, Men Behind the Sun is generally held in high regard by gore fans as one of the most sickening, disturbing and shocking films ever made; and it's that alone that made me want to see it. After the first twenty minutes or so, I was beginning to think I was in the wrong film as I was watching an extremely badly dubbed film about a bunch of young Japanese soldiers horsing around at a prisoner of war camp, and it didn't seem like it was going to turn into the shock-fest I was expecting. However, things soon start to turn around... The film is apparently a history lesson, and takes place in Japan towards the end of the Second World War. The plotting is very loose (anyone that has seen any of the Italian Nazi films will have an idea of what to expect) and really only focuses on a bunch of experiments carried out on prisoners of war at a Japanese prisoner of war camp.The whole atmosphere and style of the film is very grim and depressing; the camp itself is portrayed as an entirely hopeless environment, and that pays dividends once the film begins showing the most grisly and shocking scenes. The film is not wall to wall nastiness and the memorable scenes are few and far between; which is probably a good thing considering how strong the shocking scenes are! I counted six scenes in particular that are liable to shock viewers. Sequences that show women have their hands frozen and prisoners crucified in a bomb field are obviously special effects; but the compression chamber scene (which is very well shot) is rumoured to feature a real corpse, while the autopsy footage is apparently real also. It's the scenes of animal violence that I will remember for the longest, however; a scene that sees rats burned en mass and another that depicts a cat being eaten alive by rats are too realistic to be fake. Animal lovers should take note. I really can't say I enjoyed watching this film; I appreciate the way that it goes 'that extra mile' at times and I do think that all adults should have the opportunity to experience something like this if they choose to. However, while I enjoy a good gory film; I also watch films primarily for entertainment, and this one is just too grim to really be liked. Good enough for a single viewing if you think you can stomach it.