Trauma

I like gore movies and this one was reputed to be extreme. But it is very bad. The protagonists and their decisions throughout the film are stupid. Actresses' performances are appalling and unbelievable, especially in torture scenes. There is the typical absurdly indestructible villain. I thought the movie would be more grotesque, but I even found it soft, except for a couple of scenes. Something positive is the music. I do not recommend it.

The premise of the movie is strong, and the overall production is good, but while I'm fairly desensitized to graphic violence, the rape scene was sickening, excruciatingly long, and unnecessarily graphic. The direction of the scene doesn't waver in terms of the brutality and that the women are tragic victims; nevertheless, I felt it was over the top to a point that I had to ask why.

The introductory scene of Juan as a young man, which also is the opening scene of the film, also was intensely disturbing. I'm on the fence as to whether it was gratuitous or not. I know the Chilean revolution of the '70s was exceptionally brutal and violent, so perhaps it's necessary thematically. I don't think viewers from the United States are willing to tolerate that level of visceral, grotesque brutality on the screen, however.

The film is overall very dark and difficult to tolerate at times, in my opinion, and I sort of wish I hadn't watched it.

Wasnt sure how to rate this film,if you can get past first 4 minutes, you ll make the rest of it...its definitely up there, as far as exploitation n violence.......gotta b in your wheelhouse..

Although clearly intended to shock audiences with gore and taboo themes, 'Trauma' (2017) also addresses the marks left by Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship on Chilean society between 1973 and 1990, tackling the topic with considerable violence and becoming one of the most brutal productions from its native country.

Despite the sometimes robotic performances of the main cast, the film succeeds in developing Juan, the disturbing antagonist, and Catalina Martin as Andrea. The use of digital effects in certain gore scenes removes some of the impact of the violence. 'Trauma' was not developed for a wide audience, making it an ideal experience for lovers of extreme cinema.

I hate when a movie is a movie for the sake of there being a movie. This is a prime example. Quite literally, if you take an absolutely reasonable person and you put them in the situation we find at about 15 minutes into this movie, you would find that the reasonable person is changing their plans immediately. No question AT ALL. So the fact that these idiots DON'T change their plans is just unbelievable. The entire point of movies like this one is that it should terrify you that this is plausible, in the real world - in other words, it could happen to you. No chance of that happening though because I'm quite reasonable. Honestly, if you want to watch it because of reviews stating it is brutal and that is your thing - sheer brutality - then watch it. If you're more like me where brutality is part of telling a great story, then you're going to be hating the time you've lost watching this.