This kid kills himself and we immediately follow up afterward, the funeral as one of this guy, Darren's friends calls out everyone of the high school students in attendance as hypocrites. It seems the one who committed suicide was one of the ridiculed, Darren Mullet(Calvin Dean) was called fat and ugly by the popular snobs of the school. Justine(Tuppence Middleton)stood and talked at Darren's funeral despite not even knowing him. Justine chooses to dump her nerdy friends for the popular kids and their toxic personalities. Jason(Olly Alexander) is Darren's only friend, another kid looked down upon by his peers. Justine is smart and pretty, accepted to Oxford for a law scholarship, and takes a shine to Alexis(Dimitri Leonidas). Brad(Alex Pettyfer) is the jock leader of his "snotty twats" and enforces his will on all the nerds and undesirables of the school.
There's this scene that rightfully infuriates me..Justine bypasses her usual desk next to her smart friends and sits with the popular girls. This movie features bullying, a topic that permeates with me intensely. I passionately loathe bullies who use their size and aggression to torment those smaller than they are. Jason is a constant target of Brad and his bigger pal Marcus(Tom Hopper) who are always a nuisance to the weaker students. We get a scene specifically designed to draw an angered response..Jason is chased down, given a wedgie, and punched in the face(not to mention, kicked on the ground), with Brad and Marcus' soccer coach letting them go without a hitch while criticizing the victim. Justine is in over her head as the pack of hyenas she now associates herself with(in this case the bitches)Sophie(, Khalilla(Larissa Wilson), and Natascha(April Pearson), for they eventually run her life.
A series of text messages are sent to the repulsive bullies warning of their deaths to come from Darren Mullet's cell phone(their nickname for him was "Shrek"). They think the messages were sent from the nerds, and pick on them because of it..they'll soon realize he's very real, and dead serious(emphasis on dead) about getting even. Mixture of slasher and zombie movie, TORMENTED is ultimately an indictment on bullying. The "death texts" have become a familiar mechanism to use in horror movies these days going back to One Missed Call, forewarning future victims of a fate most unkind. I won't lie watching movies where bullies get their asses handed to them is pretty gratifying, better fiction on the screen than in real life. Hands taken off with a paper cutter, head lopped off with a shovel, paddle across the face forcing an eye to bulge(not to mention the victim gets his own wedgie, before his neck is impaled on a sharp gate), screwdriver through the hand and neck, silver crucifix from a grave penetrating through the torso, & a drowning(Darren sits on this victim underwater in a pool!)are ways Darren gets his revenge. There's a twist in the end questioning Justine's psyche. Clever joke after the credits roll temporarily regarding the cruel soccer coach as well. I wish the filmmakers would've went further with the lesbian tension between Tasha and Justine, but alas, this would never be.
There's this scene that rightfully infuriates me..Justine bypasses her usual desk next to her smart friends and sits with the popular girls. This movie features bullying, a topic that permeates with me intensely. I passionately loathe bullies who use their size and aggression to torment those smaller than they are. Jason is a constant target of Brad and his bigger pal Marcus(Tom Hopper) who are always a nuisance to the weaker students. We get a scene specifically designed to draw an angered response..Jason is chased down, given a wedgie, and punched in the face(not to mention, kicked on the ground), with Brad and Marcus' soccer coach letting them go without a hitch while criticizing the victim. Justine is in over her head as the pack of hyenas she now associates herself with(in this case the bitches)Sophie(, Khalilla(Larissa Wilson), and Natascha(April Pearson), for they eventually run her life.
A series of text messages are sent to the repulsive bullies warning of their deaths to come from Darren Mullet's cell phone(their nickname for him was "Shrek"). They think the messages were sent from the nerds, and pick on them because of it..they'll soon realize he's very real, and dead serious(emphasis on dead) about getting even. Mixture of slasher and zombie movie, TORMENTED is ultimately an indictment on bullying. The "death texts" have become a familiar mechanism to use in horror movies these days going back to One Missed Call, forewarning future victims of a fate most unkind. I won't lie watching movies where bullies get their asses handed to them is pretty gratifying, better fiction on the screen than in real life. Hands taken off with a paper cutter, head lopped off with a shovel, paddle across the face forcing an eye to bulge(not to mention the victim gets his own wedgie, before his neck is impaled on a sharp gate), screwdriver through the hand and neck, silver crucifix from a grave penetrating through the torso, & a drowning(Darren sits on this victim underwater in a pool!)are ways Darren gets his revenge. There's a twist in the end questioning Justine's psyche. Clever joke after the credits roll temporarily regarding the cruel soccer coach as well. I wish the filmmakers would've went further with the lesbian tension between Tasha and Justine, but alas, this would never be.