Re-cycle (2006)

Well Deserved Praise

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This movie is an average movie for me. This movie is about a woman who aborts a child and is being sent to this other world where things are being recycled. Her child was there as well. This movie has a relatively decent storyline with a very very touching scene. This movie is entertaining in many ways. The other world was just done so so well and so original. I loved it. However, some of the scenes tried to be scary but it just didn't work. Pratically none of the scenes are scary to me. I thought it would be good if more things were being explained about this other world and I thought it would be good if there was more adventure which the main character could experience in this other world with the young girl. It would be good if this movie had been longer. This movie is very well paced and very touching. Possibly one of the most touching movies I have seen. This movie is quite nice and original in various ways. The other world was just done very well. You can just see a chunk of thrown away materials and stuff being found in the other world. This movie is recommended definitely. I thought that this movie was even better than shows such as The eye or the eye 2. Score: 7.6/10

If you like movies with no discernible plot, with protagonists you don't care about, that leave you wanting to slit your wrists, by all means watch this! I gave it 3 stars because at least it was somewhat original in terms of visuals and had a surprise ending. But seriously, I have never had a movie with no real plot make me feel so depressed. It was horrifying, but not in the sense that you WANT in a horror movie. Word of caution - if you have ever had an abortion, had a fetus die or have any sensitivity to this topic, don't watch this movie, as it has some REALLY disgusting and emotionally sickening images/themes.

The conventionally creepy opening half of this movie manages to draw you in- and then gears shift and you're plopped right into the middle of a fairy tale. Not that there's anything wrong with that... And it's not like we haven't seen it happen before: many martial arts movies, for instance, start off "straight" and suddenly veer (sometimes totally unexpectedly) into supernatural territory. What's unusual here is that a fright film morphs into a fantasy. While some of the fx look not unlike something you'd find in a video game, the cheesier fx are kept to a minimum. This part of the movie takes place in the Ghost Land fantasyscape and the "unreality" of it all can be attributed (if one finds one must make allowances for borderline fx) to that aspect of the story. The Pang brothers handle fantasy as well as they do fright and the mix isn't bad. Checker out.

Recycle took me to the dark place in my mind that I know everyone has and questioned my past and how it related to the film. The writer takes us into an untapped idea to film dimension and does it with a frightening elegance. Watching scary films by yourself in the dark "should" make you stare intensely at the screen or jump unexpectedly and though it’s rare the film made me do both. The short introduction of the characters is not lost in translation or facial expression, the build up is monotonous, and then you are siphoned into an ultra surreal world where anything is possible. Few musical sequences seemed out of place which I believe to be rare in a horror film. For the consumers who like an adventurous undertone to their horror this is a great film to watch with no interruption.