the Korean film industry continues to impress me with what they're releasing.... not just in one genre, but across the board.... i've seen so many good Korean films in the past several years.... now when i came across 'The Butcher' i did so because of a little blurb about it in the years roundup of good films from the past year.... it's not a movie with much out there that i could find out about it.... but it's available from Netflix to rent.... obviously this is a horror movie.... some might use the buzz words, 'Torture Porn'.... i hate that term and disagree with it and don't use it.... this is a grusome piece of work and is not short on blood, guts, gore and horrific acts of violence.... but that's what it advertises and you shouldn't be expecting any less than that stuff.... i mean, look at the cover....! a man in a pigs head with a chainsaw and a butcher-type apron.... that doesn't scream Meg Ryan comedy/love story.... this movie is probably one that will have a lot of love/hate reviews.... it's kind of something where you either enjoyed it or hated it.... i'm on the left side of that arguement.... i actually found this to be an original, little gore fest with a lot of potential that pays off just enough to leave you feeling satisfied at the end.... what's it about, you ask....? that's the neat thing that makes this stand out.... the storyline is not original at all.... you have several men who are kidnapping and killing innocent people in an old barn/warehouse thing.... but they're filming each murder and selling it to a specialized market.... 'snuff' films for the masses.... however, where this differs quite a bit from other movies is how it's filmed.... you not only view this from the third party perspective, but through the eyes of the killers and the victims.... that little trick is accomplished by the killers attaching cameras to helmets that the victims have to wear.... so you get to feel what it might be like to be the one in the chair as the killer is doing horrible things to you.... but then the view changes and then it changes again.... it is something i don't remember seeing before in a movie.... it puts this on a different level, instead of just being another slasher flick.... 
i ultimately gave this 3 out of 5 stars.... i couldn't quite justify the 4 star rating.... it had it's moments and accomplished exactly what it set out to do.... but something left me feeling a little unsatisfied at the end.... the way that the movie ended wasn't bad.... i felt it ended the best way it could.... and boy did i feel dirty.... especially after the decision our lead character made to save his own life.... if that doesn't give you a direct punch in the face, then i don't know what will.... that being said, only rent this if you've enjoyed other movies with over the top blood and guts and scenes of violence....
other movies that are similar: 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (2003), 'Hostel' and the 'August Underground' trilogy
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