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Quickie Review - Contracted

I usually don't do spoilers, but I'm going to make a little exception, because this movie is so awful in every way, people should be warned. The real problem starts if you saw it through Netflix. In the synopsis, it states a girl has a one night stand and contracts a disease. She's roofied and raped. Big difference! Secondly, she's raped by a man, but it a lesbian who is in love, if not infatuated with her beau. Oh, did I mention the first scene is someone having sex with a corpse, but don't worry, you only see the toe tag moving back and forth.

Within twenty minutes, you realize the writer/director isn't very good with the ladies and any girl who doesn't accept the advances of the "nice guy" is a lesbian or deserves to be raped or killed or contract the plague. Anything, but live a normal lifestyle. Oh and she's a drug addict, who tried to kill herself, fights with her mother and is a loner. Oh yeah and apparently she still goes to her pediatrician, because she's too immature to fuck a guy.

Everything that was good about the movies Teeth, Carrie and any other revenge flick is lost on this movie. I'd even go so far as to say that I Spit On Your Grave is better, if only for the fact, it doesn't try to be anything it is not. The guy who made this film also made Madison County, so his talent level isn't very high. What amazes me is the quality of the movie and the fact, the makeup is pretty good. As a viewer, we notice the changes, but apparently, the people who see the victim don't notice her blood red eyes, corpse like skin and veins popping out of her. Even worse, she never panics about it. Even casually ripping off a finger nail and pulling out a tooth.

Please don't watch this. Yes the star is cute, but that's not enough to waste 80 minutes of your life. Trust me. It's only going to piss you off. Especially if you're a woman.

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