Seven Days (2010)

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I'm going to review "7 Days" today, which is a Canadian/French horror revenge drama thriller ( WOW! That's a mouthful!) However, I want to get this thought out before we get to the review, and I'm going to explain why I want to share this thought before I review the movie. As a childless, married man for several years, I close my eyes, and I ponder how any sick soul on the planet would have the heart to do bodily harm to a child, and yet we see these sickening acts daily. We hear about it on the news, we read about it in tabloids, and we see the headlines on the internet. It's every parents worse nightmare...pedophiles. Even though I have no children, one may think that this would not be of any concern to me. It is a strong concern for me! The reason is simple: I know several people who have children, and I wouldn't wish any harm done to them. Even the parents I do not know, I wouldn't want any harm done to their kids. However, it happens daily, it happens every minute, every second. As if that's not disturbing enough, "7 Days" will explore how one man steps over the line of being sick enough to molest a child, but to murder an eight year old girl as well. That's not a man, that's a monster. I always believed molestation was the devastation. How could you take a child's life as well? The movie I am going to review will explore one fathers vengeance upon the attacker. And I'll let you know straight up, you are not going to be waiting long to see what he's got in store for him. The thought I want to share with you, is the reaction that some people will have watching this film. ( And the reaction seems to be the same for many of these films of the same genre.) You may hear one say: "Well, daddy is just as bad as him. No matter what someone does to you, you don't go around hurting other people." Well, daddy isn't going around hurting other kids, so I tend to disagree with you. What is very shocking, is a huge percentage of people agree that a father taking matters in his own hands is just wrong, that he should just turn this over to the police, and let them handle it. Obviously, a few of us disagree with the procedure that these slime bags get for their crimes committed, feeling as if they are handled all too lightly. I question how, living in the United States, how rape is handled through long drawn out court cases, and yet the penalty for rape in the military is simple...the punishment is death! This movie is not in English, it's in french. I do not speak french, I do not understand french, and I really do not understand a word that was spoken in this movie. Why did I watch it? Simple: I wanted to see a pedophile/rapist/killer get the sh*t knocked outta him! And "7 Days" delivered the goods. Given the fact that the father doesn't speak one single word to the killer anyway, it justified me giving it a decent review. What you can expect, is some very emotional/ intense atmosphere, I cannot stress this enough. And the violence in this movie is incredibly graphic. If your too sensitive of a viewer, back away from this, please. There are many scenes of disturbing nature. Oh, and I think I forgot to tell you, daddy has an ace up his sleeve...HE'S A DOCTOR! So don't be surprised when he does a fantastic surgical procedure on the pervert, rigging his stomach up so that if he has to poop, it's straight out his belly! Unfortunately, I was more saddened then relieved to see this creep get what he deserves. There's plenty of scene's when the father says absolutely nothing, his hardened face softens at times, and you can see the pain in his eyes of losing his child. Then, his eyes become cold, and he unleashes his vengeance on thee, with a whip, with a sledgehammer, with a drug that will paralyze his entire body. This film is well acted, and everything seems near perfect. ( Due to its nature, I am restricting this to a 7 out of 10 rating. It's obviously nothing I can ever bare to watch again. Once is enough for me.) A quick message to any sap who thinks about harming a child, think again, this could be you one day!

When police arrest a man for the rape and murder of Dr. Bruno Hamel's 8-year old daughter, the distraught father (a strong performance from Claude Legault) seeks revenge, kidnapping the suspect and subjecting him to a week of unimaginable suffering while the police desperately attempt to track them down.Revenge is sweet, as the saying goes, but 7 Days challenges this notion: after inflicting untold pain and suffering on his victim, Bruno doesn't feel any better—he is just as empty inside, his grief no less severe than before, his anger unabated. The film questions whether, despite our understandable wish to severely punish the human garbage who commit such evil crimes, revenge might not be the wisest route to take.Superb performances, tight direction from Daniel Grou, and some truly disturbing imagery make this film hard to ignore, but it is its highly debatable central theme—to torture or not to torture— that makes 7 Days a more powerful viewing experience than many of the 'torture' films that we've had to endure post-Saw.

First review I've made of a film but this was so incredibly boring I felt I had to say something...I spent the entire film WAITING for something to happen. Spoiler? It never does. Don't watch this expecting graphic violence; beyond a broken knee and one cut everything else is skipped out and implied. Prefer to watch for a story? None. How about character? Dull as paint!The main character, a doctor, is brilliantly clever but does...nothing. Really pointless with no clear message. Gave it a 2/10 generously due to the fact that the quality of the filming was actually decent. If you want to waste this much time for a cleverly artistic view of forests and a guy drinking beer, sleeping in his own vomit (or a candid shot of a naked guy being chained to the floor) your choice. Much better ways to waste your life away.

Director Daniel Grou shows that he has much promise. First, a film without music is rare, and in this case was perfect. Secondly, the action, while graphic, moves smoothly. It is a story, a film, that you will remember seeing.The film begins with an unforgivable crime—the rape and murder of a 8- year-old girl by a convicted sex offender. Her father, a wealthy surgeon (Claude Legault), chains the alleged killer in a secluded dungeon, savoring his captive's (Rémy Girard) slow torture.The doctor, dismissing all he previously stood for, is torn by guilt as he proceeds. It is an excellent chance to reflect on the desirability of revenge. His last statement really drove that home.