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Dard Divorce

This one is a German splatter-fest so I expected semi-good things. The director was new to me, Olaf Ittenbach, though looking into him more he seems to have done a few films I wasn't aware of.

The acting is poor but what I had been promised was a European splatter fest, so I expected lot even with the poor acting. The version I have is in English but with German subtitles. This one was somewhat of a slow burning surprise for me, personally. I almost knew what to expect but went in blind...

The acting was poor throughout but that's not the selling point with films like this. It's the gore and special effects, and boy does this pack a punch! So, twenty minutes in and we've got a story about a guy divorcing his wife but wanting access to his kids. The guy supposedly dies. Terrible acting, made worse by the fact it's done in English rather than German. If you can make it past this though, as I did, you're treated to some of the most graphic acts of violence I've seen so far on my journey. The scenes are VERY graphic, including a body dismemberment in a bathtub as the lead protagonist is naked and hacking the body parts from the torso as blood splatters his body.

Ill point out one scene in particular that had me viewing like "What the fuck!" as it happened and that was an attack with a spade. This scene is pretty fucking brutal, even for me as a fan of this shit, only let down slightly by the fact a hand is hacked off at the wrist with the spade and it bounces off the floor. It made what was an otherwise gruesome act slightly unbelievable. The whole thing is brutal. I loved it. That scene alone places this highly on my list. It was unforgettable. Following the spade attack, the victims guts are torn out in a fit of rage then thrown back in/on the victims face. The attacker makes some cheesy as fuck quip I forget off hand afterward, but I laughed out loud and had to pause it there before moving on.

I can't stress how brutal the spade scene was. It literally had me like "What the FUCK!" At the screen and I checked the DVD rating as it had only said it was a 15. I was right. It was a 15, unbelievably. Sure, the acting was pretty bad at times but I put that down to them trying to speak in English rather than German. The special effects on this were good, though, really fucking good. I loved it. After reading up on the director afterwards, I've since purchased another 3-4 by him and am chasing a few others.

Would I recommend this to you guys? Possibly not as the acting isn't that great, but it IS worth sticking around for the gore. I'm not really a gorehound but I really enjoyed the violent scenes in this. The 15 rating is surprising. Anyone interested should def at least find the movie on YouTube and give it a watch, even if you don't want to spend your hard earned on securing a copy like I did. This one easily gate crashes my top 15-20 with its shocking violent scenes. Don't sleep on this one!