Frontier(s) | 
 enlarge | Director: Xavier Gens
Actors: Karina Testa, Aurelien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes, David Saracino, Maud Forget
Studio: After Dark Films
Category: DVD
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 4498
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: French (Original Language)
Rating: NC-17
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 23274
UPC: 031398232742
EAN: 0031398232742
ASIN: B0014VPFVS
Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 2008
Release Date: May 13, 2008
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Product Description
Alone in a Paris plagued by deadly race riots the young and beautiful Yasmine is looking for a way out. In her desperation she turns to her shady ex-boyfriend. Together with his two thug friends they pull off a bold heist and head for the border. With the police close behind they hide out in a seemingly peaceful inn. But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine. Trapped in an endless maze of tunnels crawling with hungry subhuman cannibals they must fight to survive their bloody initiation into the innkeeper's evil family cult.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 minutes Language: French Subtitles: English / SpanishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/DEMONS Rating: NR UPC: 031398232742 Manufacturer No: 23274
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 Frontiering apparently is the best way of Pioneering... July 14, 2008
I ordered this movie along with Inside. Inside was insane, and completely lived up to it's hype. I loved it. I was definatley looking even more forward to viewing Frontier(s), as it wasn't even released for rental in the U.S. This I took as either a bad sign (wouldn't make any money in theatres, which is typical of horror films anyway) or it was an excellent sign (too graphic for open public consumption.) When it came and I saw it, I admitt, I did feel a little disappointed, but it's definately not a bad movie either. Production quality is top notch, and acting is very decent, excluding a bit of which could be considered overacting by our heroine, Yasmine (Spasmic convulsions overcome her within the last 10 minutes of the movie that are a little unbelievable.) But with all of the hype that came from this boy, I expected something a little more manly. Not damn bad, but nothing I havn't seen before. I will give the movie four stars for the most climactic, and original killing I have seen in awhile, including an axe, a shoulder, a table saw, and a solarplex. Enjoy, plenty-o-blood, but a TON! of borrowing, watch some well produced and interesting twists, while calling out over a dozen movies this was inspired by. One thing is for sure, this string of new French extreme gore films has got me captivated, watch out for the renound film by Pascal Laugier "Martyrs" coming to the U.S. sometime soon... hopefully!
 No Clever Title July 7, 2008
Weird, crazy movie. Started out slow. You've got Nazi's, zombie kid, cannibals, one brave herroine, a bunch of gore and not a whole lot of it makes any sense.
 FRENCH HORROR CONTINUES June 27, 2008
In the sixties a group of young directors from France led what was called the new wave of motion pictures. Names like Godard and Truffautt led the way using new techniques and making cinema something different. A current new wave of French directors are out to make a name for themselves as well, but this time around they are adding something different to an already familiar genre. The new French wave revolves around horror films. Their takes have been seen recently in films like HIGH TENSION and INSIDE. Now we have FRONTIER(S).
The one thing that may make this movie more of a challenge than most is that it definitely loses something in the translation. While many of us are aware of what goes on politically in other countries, we don't know the details, much as other countries don't know the same about us. This film begins with the political riots in France and a group that loots and then hits the road.
One of them has been shot and his sister, Yasimine, insists they stop at a hospital. Dropped off along with Alex, Yasmine waits and watches as her brother dies. The other pair, Tom and Farid, keep going with the intent of meeting up with them later.
When their car begins to run low on fuel and they tire, Tom and Farid stop at a country inn with hopes of a food and a place to stay. What they get in return is much more than they bargained for. At first approached by two young women who work there, they are later attacked and discover that this inn is nothing more than a home for a group of cannibalistic killers. Too late, they're caught and tortured.
Yasmine and Alex find their way to the inn after leaving the hospital. They are greeted much like their friends were. When Tom and Farid are nowhere to be found, the pair is captured as well. Imprisoned, Yasmine is given an exemption from being tortured as the group has other plans for her. Having scraped the bottom of the gene pool among this limited group, she has been chosen to bring fresh blood in.
As the film progresses, we learn that the leader of this tribe is an ex-Nazi who escaped here after the war. Still strutting around in his best brown shirt outfit, he rules the roost like the dictator he worshipped. Yasmine, who is already pregnant, does her best to escape. But does she? You'll have to watch and see.
The biggest thing to be said about this new wave of French horror is that it takes the most brutal of what has been seen in the genre and turns it up a notch. Torture seemed to take on its own fan base with the film HOSTEL. Those same fans will love what they see here. Gougings and slices are found throughout. The blood flows freely and the bad guys and good guys alike fall like bowling ball pins at different points in the film.
I'd heard so much about this movie before seeing it. RUE MORGUE magazine hailed it as one of the best horror films in years. But to me it was nothing more than a continuation of the torture films that seem to proliferate these days, imposing bloodletting for real horror or chills. The creepiest part of the film was the malformed children of one of the crazies that hide in the tunnels on their land. These are truly scary looking creatures shown only in night vision. Sadly, they are used very little and yet were the one thing that caught my attention. I would have liked to see more or learned more about them.
On the whole, this movie should be considered a ground breaker as the French are not a group to embrace horror films according to the directors of INSIDE. Perhaps that is why they have chosen to pay more of homage to the retro days of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES with films like this one. But the fresh takes offered show that there is new blood being pumped into the genre, and either the French will take it over or inspire others to do the same and bypass the Hollywood remake syndrome that seems to have taken over.
Frontier(s) June 16, 2008
now the last week i have been watching a lot of french movies, mostly horrors. some thrillers as well, like gaspar noe's revenge drama irreversible, plus his movies where we follow a french horse meat butchers life in paris "i stand alone" and "carne". what struck me though is how much i enjoy french horror. movies like "ils", "l'interieur", "haute tension" and to some degree "calvaire". and now "frontier(s)" which was next to l'interieur and haute tension as my favorite one. in an age where most american horrors fail to intrigue me (with exceptions like aja's the hills have eyes remake and perhaps frailty), and a lot of asian horrors include the same white dressed black haired ghouls. france is breathing life into horror. frontier(s) sets off with 5 young thieves fleeing paris during the riots, one of them has been shot and is begging the others to take him to the hospital. so the group split up, 2 is taking him to the hospital while the other 2 is fleeing with the money. to later meet up outside of paris. the latter come across an inn in a rural part of france , where they are told that they can stay the night for free. soon what started as fleeing from the police in paris and jail sentences, ends up as fleeing from cannibalistic neo nazis for their lives. some have said that it borrows heavily from other movies, well it's not the most creative movie i have seen. yet it got a lot going for it with sympathic characters. some cool visuals and leaving you with the feeling that you really want the victims to escape this. (i'm usually rooting for the killers). some stand out details and a great atmosphere through out. i thoroughly enjoyed this movie and will most likely re-watch it over and over again. (the movie suggest a lot instead of showing wounds and carvings, but it does it in such way that it doesn't leave me feeling like i'm watching a "disney horror" and you do get to see tendons cut!=goodie) i recommend it for horror fans, not for the rest
 You've Seen It All Before June 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To say that this French thriller is derivative would be a compliment. FRONTIERES follows a road map of other previous films. It travels from RESERVOIR DOGS Place down PSYCHO Lane as five (soon to be four) friends escape Paris with a duffel bag full of cash. There's a signpost up ahead. It reads "FRONTIERES" with an arrow pointing right to HOSTEL and one pointing to the left to TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (in little letters below that it says "the remake"). A little on up the road there's a detour marked THE DESCENT. All of these places are in the idyllic French countryside in the county of HAUTE TENSION.
Throw in a Nazi war criminal as a patriarch, some terrifically hot girls, and a few thuggish brutes and you've got all the makings of the next Rob Zombie film. I was casting the American remake in my head as the events of FRONTIERES predictably unfolded. The joke, of course, is that the film is named FRONTIERES but it doesn't boldly go into any territory that horror fans (especially those enthralled with torture porn horror) haven't been to before.
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