Visceral: Between the Ropes of Madness

Not for the squeamish. It's an intense gore-fest that blends boxing with complete psychotic breakdowns, and it doesn't hold back. The violence is extreme, and the plot gets lost in the chaos. It feels like it's more about shock value than telling a cohesive story. The practical effects were impressive in their gruesomeness, but at some point, it became hard to care about the characters. I could see how this might appeal to hardcore fans of extreme horror, but for me, it leaned way too far into torture and madness without much substance to balance it out. The constant overdone gore and disjointed scenes left little room for actual tension.

Yes, I know the movie is low budget, but... UUUUURRRGHH! It's bad! And look, I actually enjoy trashy, questionable-quality exploitation films. But this one has no story, it's just insane - like it's inside some BDSM fantasy the director probably has.

The editing is awful. The main actor is terrible and completely breaks the immersion. The practical effects are so badly done that you can't even feel the gore. Usually, in movies with no story, the gore is what carries you somewhere, but in this one... in this one... the whole movie is just a bunch of flashes of fake blood and poorly made cuts.

The soundtrack is terrible and, as I've already said several times, the editing makes everything 200x worse.

Finally getting his big break, a washed-up boxer is instead shocked to learn that he has become a vessel for a demonic entity intent on carrying out extreme torture and punishment to any who stands in his way, setting off a torrent of madness and bloodshed in the community.

Overall, this was a rather fun if one-sided genre effort. The main selling point here is the series of relentless and brutal attacks that take place here, turning this into a full-on assault of gruesome carnage. The gore is mixed nicely between the victims of his rampage and the various demonic forces dishing it out to his body so that he can be equipped for the battles to come later, resulting in a series of impressive torture scenes spread across both targets that leave quite a strong impression. As the demonic beings are shown to target him in stripped-down, barbaric sequences mutilating his body to the point of testing whether he can handle the stress of the job, it brings about a fantastic series of graphic mutilations, tortures, and more carried out by the scarred creation that helps to add to the whole experience. That leaves everything here with the never-ending series of encounters involving him taking apart and brutalizing his targets. The experience continues the series of ultra-brutal and highly effective torture scenes involving the brutal treatment of the various targets he's been sent out to destroy, bringing about the introduction of various BDSM-style tortures that not only bring the bloodshed but also utilize that environment to make the experience that much more uncomfortable. The whole thing, though, highlights the main issue here in how aimless the story is, with pretty much no real storyline other than finding a way to keep bringing up bodies to disfigure and mutilate, so there's little about it that keeps interest low in between moments where none of that is happening. That's the main issue holding this back.

Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Male and Female Nudity, and sex scenes.

Yes, I know the movie is low budget, but... UUUUURRRGHH! It's bad! And look, I actually enjoy trashy, questionable-quality exploitation films. But this one has no story, it's just insane - like it's inside some BDSM fantasy the director probably has.

The editing is awful. The main actor is terrible and completely breaks the immersion. The practical effects are so badly done that you can't even feel the gore. Usually, in movies with no story, the gore is what carries you somewhere, but in this one... in this one... the whole movie is just a bunch of flashes of fake blood and poorly made cuts.

The soundtrack is terrible and, as I've already said several times, the editing makes everything 200x worse.

This an extreme graphic horror art film from Chile, and I say art, because you have to figure out on your own, what is going on. This is like two movies running at the same time about Felipe. Felipe is a boxer training for his first big fight. Now his alter ego, or whatever you think, is a sadistic killer of random people that are tortured and killed in the most graphic and gory ways. this extremely gory movie will test those that like these kind of films. If you are turned off by graphic violence, then you will wish you never watched this, and on the other hand, gorehounds will take quite delight in just how far this movie takes the torture and mutilations that are very very graphic, and well done. As I said, you have to figure this out for yourself, because there is not much dialogue, but you still need the subtitles. This is one very sick movie, and I loved it even though it's hard to figure out. Are these serial killer scenes just going through his mind, or something else. I don't know, but regardless, the graphic nature of the film is done so well, I'm fine with it being basically a visual experience. It does, have some of the best gore effects I've seen, so I recommend it to those fans, and only those fans. The rest of you, just stay clear of this one, it's way too much for you. 4/5