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Waz

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Original title

Waz

Year

2007

Running time

105 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Tom Shankland

Screenwriter

Clive Bradley

Cast

Music

David Julyan

Cinematography

Morten Søborg

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

Vertigo Films, UK Film Council, Ingenious Film Partners, Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission

Genre

Horror. Thriller | Gore. Crime. Serial Killers

Synopsis

WAZ (actually, w-delta-z) is the beginning of the Price equation, a formula that a serial killer has decided to disprove with a macabre game that places his victims between a rock and a hard place: or they die with much suffering or they put an end to a loved one’s life. The people in charge of solving these terrible crimes are the police partners played by Stellan Skargsgard and Melissa George (Michael Vartan’s icy wife in the Alias TV series). Imagine the perversity of Saw filtered through a film noir like Seven and the result is WAZ (info from cinemasitges.com).

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Awards: 2007: Sitges Film Festival: Official Selection

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Critics' reviews

"The most unusual and original horror film to be made on these isles in many a year."

Chris Tilly: IGN
"A little too close to torture-porn for most tastes, but debutant director Tom Shankland shows promise."

David Gritten: Telegraph
"This serial-killer horror is a knockoff of the now seriously knackered Saw franchise. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Although he struggles to make the British-feeling production convince, UK helmer Tom Shankland gets the faux-Fincher nihilism just right."

Jamie Russell: BBC
"The performances are intense (...) Sadly, the tonally uneven 'WAZ' cannot quite match their piercing intelligence. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Nigel Floyd: Time Out
"If you've got the stomach for strong scenes of torture, and the heart to take part in an uncomfortable debate about human nature, this intelligent horror is well worth your time..."

Kim Newman: Empire

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