WAZ Trailer Starring Selma Blair and Melissa George
Hey, who said torture porn was dead? Even if the U.S. box office seems to indicate that the trend is over, someone forgot to tell our good friends over in the U.K. The new thriller WAZ follows Detective Argo (Stellan Skarsgard) and his new partner (Melissa George) as they investigate a sudden rash of murders where the bodies all have an equation carved into their skin. That equation is WAZ (W Delta Z). This seems like Saw meets The Number 23, which isn’t such a great combination in my book. Director Tom Shankland comes from a TV background, and doesn’t have anything on his filmography that looks particularly intriguing. For more info visit www.wazthemovie.com. WAZ hits theatres in the U.K. on February 22nd.
Comments (4)
Saw it on a festival back in summer 07 here in Germany and it’s not much of a torture porn flick. more an seven/saw mixup and a pretty decent watch.
Posted by matze on January 24th, 2008WAZ is not torture porn – nowhere near it. What exactly are you basing your, it must be said, smug, write up on? This is a thought provoking and emotional film. it certainly does not deserve to be compared to The Number 23! Why not try basing your blurbs on something other than misinformed assumptions.
Posted by Chris on January 31st, 2008Perhaps if you actually watched a film before commenting on it, then you might be better at your job, or your hobby, whatever this website is. You are so badly misinformed about this film that it’s laughable, and your dismissive arrogance is extremely unpleasant. Waz is nothing like torture porn, which you would know, if you had watched it. It’s a thought-provoking film, in which the violence isn’t used for gratuitous effect. The violence is, in fact, quite restrained. And I say that as somebody who doesn’t like violent films.
Posted by Jane on February 20th, 2008Leave a Reply