I am a man who likes his gore served raw. Yes, if a film
promises in its promotions to leave you drenched in blood then it should
fulfill it and should not turn out to be a damp squib like Evil Dead. But to
meet my “high” standards, the violence should be central to the plot and not
ubiquitous a la Grotesque.
Trepidation best describes what I was feeling when I began
watching Mother’s Day. With a name like that and a poster featuring an unknown
(to me) actress as the titular Mother, I had absolutely no expectation. One of
my friends’ had literally shoved its DVD in my hand telling me that it was
absolutely “balls blowing”. To give him the satisfaction and to massage his ego, I decided to watch this.
Although it did not rip through my gonads and my family jewels are still intact
and glorious in their curvaceousness, I am glad that I watched this.
This is the remake of a 80s movie of the same name. I consider
myself quite knowledgeable in the important matters of life like movies, books
and single girls/women. However, to be honest, I hadn’t heard of the original
before.
The story is pretty straight forward. Three brothers who rob
banks take shelter in their "own" house. However, this being the times of recession,
their house has new occupants courtesy foreclosure proceedings. To complicate
matters a bit and to increase the body count, the new owners are in the midst
of a party with nearly half a dozen of their friends.
The brothers soon take control of the house and the situation
and begin waiting for their Mother and sister. Their arrival exacerbates the
situation quite rapidly.
What I really liked about this was that in all such type of
films, it is quite easy to predict the survivors of the onslaught. However,
here there are no clear cut heroes and most of the characters get equal treatment from
the scriptwriter and hence nearly the same screen time.
The violence, when it comes, ends up rattling because of its
suddenness. Sometimes, the after effects of brutality are visible only at the
corner of the screen which makes one believe that the producer/director wanted
to tell a story rather than indulge in shock and awe.
The brothers and the Mother are masterly creations. Their callous
barbarity would screw up with your mind. I was actually mentally cheering every
act of retribution against them by the victims.
The acting is pretty decent. I could recognize only one
actor, the one who plays a doctor in this. You may remember him as the guy from
X Men United, the one who indulges in lip lock with the girl who has these
powers of literally sucking the power by mere touch.
The director is Mr. Bousman, the creator of past “gore fests
with stories” like Saw 2,3 and 4. He brings his expertise and keeps the watcher
interested for the most part.
It is a good movie, one which would give you an adrenaline rush
and may just end up as being recommend by you to someone else as a
balls-to-the-wall thrill ride.
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