More like "low" Tension, huh? Right?
So Planetarium caught the new film High Tension this past weekend. We wanted to support it because, hey, foreign film getting wide release in America, trying to trick American audiences into going to see a French film by having trailers where no one talks. How can you not support that, right? Unfortunately, the film that actually exists is one of the stinkier duds we've seen in quite some time. Badly overdubbed silly lesbo crazed killer all-in-her-mind fat French guy supposed to be scary but isn't slasher, all combined in a big silly swirl. We know, we know- it sounds like it should be awesome from that description. Sadly, the celluloid doesn't quite live up to its promise. So, until we start importing more actually GOOD movies from other countries (see: House of Flying Daggers, Kung Fu Hustle, Bad Education), Americans will understandably stay the hell away. Especially from overdubbing.