Sadly Over-hyped

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

From my favorite movies..

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This is a movie about four Japanese twenty somethings being forced to torture themselves and one another by a mysterious captor. If the four participate they have to partake in challenges that range from disgusting acts, like eating maggots, to traumatizing mutilation, like sitting in a chair covered in nails. This movie has a slow start which reminded me of *Audition*, (sweet movie by the way, I recommend it,) so I got my hopes up; and when things started to get bloody I was on board for a gore flick. But then near the end you learn information about the protagonist that is supposed to turn the audience against him, but it seriously fell flat on me. Had the movie not made the decision to corrupt the protagonist's character I would have easily given the movie an 8/10.If you are curious about the premise of the movie I doubt you will regret watching the movie, but if you want a violent revenge movie just watch the original *Oldboy*.*SPOILERS* PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THIS MOVIE *SPOILERS*-How the hell did they rig the television to play cartoons when they picked their games? What was the TV wired to the PAPER NOTES?!-If the Revengencers, (they don't have a real name in the movie,) had the prisoners under surveillance the whole time, how did they not notice Hideaki getting up?-Where were the other Revengencers when s*** started to go bad? If your group is built around punishing bullies wouldn't you be backing each other up in case one of your own was in danger?-Hideaki did two bad things in this movie: lie to a bullied girl, and pick a new kid to get bullied after the bullies threatened to bully Hideaki. Because of these two acts he has to be placed in the X-Games, but what the f*** was Hideaki supposed to do? The Teacher wasn't going to do anything and of all people, the two who got bullied should understand how much you wouldn't to go through with the X-Games. The kid was like 9 what the hell did you expect him to do? I highly doubt they would have just taken the games themselves if they had a choice.-Have you ever noticed that Japanese bullies have no souls? Every time they are depicted they are extorting people and putting victims through punishment that would land you in prison or an asylum for the criminally insane.-If the college professor was the Mastermind how the hell did he get bullied? Was he bullied for having a limp? Was the bullying the reason why he has a limp? Were his bullies the classroom that laughed at him when he stumbled? Good luck kidnapping 40 people who share your class and NOT becoming a suspect.-"The police were in on it," feels like such a lame twist when trying to explain why the Revengencers don't get caught. With all the resources at their members' disposal, couldn't they just cover up the murders as suicides? They do it at the beginning of the movie, and that guy died with a big f***ing "X" branded on his face."Oh yeah, he totally ran away from his newlywed wife, put a hot iron to his face, and then jumped off a building. This is a textbook suicide. What? He was missing for a few days? Well obviously he had trouble finding the iron, you can't not brand yourself before jumping off a building you know."-There were a lot more people involved with the childhood bullying aside from Hideaki and Chie, more directly as well. But we never hear about them getting any punishment. I guess the Revengencers only allow for 5 victims a member or else nobody else would get their turn.-Eating rice and maggots seems like a pretty tame punishment when you compare it to SETTING YOUR HAIR ON FIRE.-I didn't realize the milk challenge was a valid form of torture.-If any of the players died during their challenge would the rest of the group just be executed on the spot? It looks like that was the case when Hideaki got the Death Penalty. Man wouldn't that be ironic. "Yes, now I will finally get my revenge for all who wronged me! But first they must endure all the games I had to endure as a child. The irony alone makes my nipples tingle with excitement! HAHAHAHAA!... Wait he choked on the rice and maggots?! But that was only the first round, I still have like 12 more games set up! I event went through the trouble of wiring those papers to the television! Do you know how hard it is to buy like 5 crates of bottled milk on a college student's budget!? I had to take a train like four hours just to find a place where they still sold milk in glass bottles!"

Like the other reviewer mentioned, don't get "X Game" confused with "Death Tube" because they are completely different movies. Also, "Death Tube" sucked while "X Game" was good. Four young people are kidnapped and forced to torture one another. This is definitely a step above the typical torture film because it has properly developed characters, an engaging storyline that incorporates the theme of bullying, and also some good suspense. Even the torture game itself is interesting to watch because it's unpredictable and uses a variety of exaggerated bullying tactics. The script is fairly ambitious with a lot of ground to cover in its three-part structure. The final section is very twisty, but the twists make sense and maintain one's interest despite dragging the film out a bit. There are also a few creepy moments to enjoy.

this movie is pretty much in the same theme as the saw movies. People are put in a situation where they are screwing with their lives, and they prove to be really horrible human beings.Eight people who watched snuff films on line are put in a trap where they are stuck in a situation where they have to face a bunch of traps, and are systematically picked off. Except the more decent people are picked off first. By the end, the last three survivors double cross each other until only the movie's protagonist (who had to watch his girlfriend get raped and admit he couldn't love her the same way).You know, when you are typing in a plot synopsis and then realize you need to go back to drop your rating because your first inclination doesn't match the awfulness of it, that's telling in itself.I'm sure there are cultural gaps I'm not getting here, and perhaps this film made more sense to Japanese audiences. The tension does pick up in the last half hour of the film, but it takes forever to get there.

The same people who made the hyped "Grotesque" are behind Death Tube. If you read my review on Grotesque then you know that it wasn't my cup of tea. Death Tube has the same problem for me. First of all, it takes a bit too long to watch, it clocks in at almost 2 hours. It is a combination of Saw and Cube. There are puzzles to be solved like in Cube, if you can't do it you die. And the people who designed Death Tube are disguised as did Jigsaw. But the solving of the puzzles take a bit too long. The best part is the last reel but then it's too late. The teddy bears (the jigsaws we can say) are annoying after a while and there is too much of blah blah in it. Due the reason that it takes so long it is even low on blood and doesn't really contain gore. The first minute, the beheading, is really okay but after the opening credits it really is low on everything. Sad, it could have been a bitter rougher and more like a snuff flick. Clearly to see it was low budget. can't say any more, have to leave you know to watch You Tube...