What it does attempt though is the engagement in various debates on issues such as morality, retribution, loyalty and suffering.
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However, once the bullies are all gathered together in the same location and are at the mercy of their tormented captors, director Stewart doesn’t really seem to know how to proceed.įor a flick that sells itself on its promise of graphic, intense and extreme imagery, it doesn’t really show us very much.
Tension is built gradually as we catch glimpses and are privy to snippets of secretive conversations between the outcasts involving their plans to take revenge. The Final is the latest to broach this volatile subject, and it attempts to set itself apart from its peers by filtering its already grim subject matter through a cruelly sadistic ‘torture-porn’ aesthetic. Since the Columbine massacre shed light on the dark trend of US high school massacres, several films such as Elephant, Zero Day and The Class have attempted to tackle the subject with varying degrees of success. The Final, the debut feature from director Joey Stewart, is at times an uneven and ambiguously centred film that can’t quite decide if it’s a righteous-revenge fantasy or the latest ‘torture-porn’ flick. Driven by their deadly vendetta and suicidal tendencies, they gather their tormentors in an isolated barn, under the guise of a highly exclusive party, and begin a long night of retribution that is certain to leave several of the guests if not dead, then at least scarred for life, both emotionally and physically… Tired of being the victims of a routine of endless bullying by the high school jocks and their socially superior girlfriends, a group of awkward students decide to turn the tables and plot to avenge the years of humiliation to which they’ve been subjected.
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