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DVD The Life Zone
 Run time: 81 min Rating: 2.1 Genres: Thriller Director: Rod Weber Writers: Ken Del Vecchio Stars: Robert Loggia, Lindsey Haun, Martin Kove |
| Storyline Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. |
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| Plot Keywords: abortion clinic, abortion | |
| Details: Country: USA Release Date: 10 June 2011 (USA) |
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| Box Office Budget: $1,500,000 (estimated) |
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DVD The Life Zone
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I rented this movie cause the cover looked so cool. However it is just plain bad. The movie is nothing but pro-life propaganda. The sad thing is that the film would have been more effective in possibly persuading people if it told a story that moves its audience through story telling. Instead the characters literally debate the issue with the same tired arguments on both sides. And then they have "interviews" with people on the street and on TV. A perfect example would be when Tim Tebow & his mother made that commercial about how she refused to have an abortion when she was pregnant with him. It made you think without being preachy. The premise and even the twist at the end had the potential to move people to believe the message, if they're persuadable on the issue. Instead the film is unwatchable and will not convince anyone.
As vile as Hitler's propaganda films before and during WW II, they weren't as vile as this disgusting piece of crap !!
This is nothing but an anti-abortion rant. And, yes, I said "anti-abortion", NOT pro-life…the anti-abortionists have no problem with a woman who decides to terminate an unwanted pregnancy dies while having an illegal procedure done in less than medical conditions, and that doesn't qualify as "pro-life"…but, I digress; the point here is that this an unbelievably vile propaganda polemic that is so badly conceived ( no pun intended ), horribly directed, ridiculously written, and talentlessly acted, that no-one who has any idea of respect for themselves or their time should waste even one second of that time on this horrible, disgusting, cesspool of a movie.
at least that is an actual horror movie, no preaching and Ron Pearlman is in it. I made the mistake of watching this on Netflix without looking it up ahead of time. Biggest mistake ever. While I understand with pro-lifer's stance, but respectfully disagree, this movie is the sort of crap you know the fundie extremists are showing to their daughters to scare the crap out of them.
The basic argument of abortion is murder aside, the part that real got me was the idea that Satan/Lucifer gets to run purgatory. I may be a pagan who's forgotten to bulk of her Catholic school lessons, but even I remember enough to call bull on that. Well that and the fact that an abortion is all it takes to get you locked in the middle ground.
This isn't a horror movie, its poorly written propaganda. No matter where you on the issue of abortion I think we can all agree people who make movies like this shouldn't even be allowed in the debate.
First off, we should make clear that this is not a horror film. There are no elements of horror excepting the underlying execution of the message in itself.
I must make clear that I am actually a conservative, and this film did the great task of making both sides of the argument of abortion look terrible. Regardless of what ideals you yourself might hold, the film makes a jest of the topic and presents a poor argument even of the side it is obviously on.
However, to truly understand this story, I think it necessary to understand Ken Del Vecchio. Ken Del Vecchio, the writer and one of the wonderfully talented actors (sarcasm), actually has origins in the law field. His first film, coming from this background, is about a hotshot defense lawyer that no woman can resist. If that does not spell out for you what kind of talent Kenneth Del Vecchio has, it might also help to know that nearly all, if not every film written by Ken Del Vecchio contains one lawyer character. This is because Ol' Kenneth is unable to see any world views apart from that of a lawyer. And even that view is so twisted as to strip away any wonder as to why he felt the need to leave the profession.
Somehow, though, Kenneth believes that he has a great background from which he can argue women's choices and place in the world. This belief most likely stems from the fact that Ken Del Vecchio is actually a full-fledged misogynist who believes he actually has a first-hand understanding of women. It obviously stems from his law days when women were throwing themselves at him (sarcasm, of course). He must have spent hours in bed with women, engaged in passionate conversation about the very sensual topic of abortion. This has afforded him the ability to know what womens' rights (which according to Ken, appear out of thin air) are and even what justice awaits them in the after-life (knowing the inner machinations of Christian Justice as intimately as the women he has frequented as a humble lawman).
Before this review gets too long, suffice to say that even if the rating isn't enough of an indicator, know that regardless of whether you're pro-life or pro-choice, this is nothing but forcefully offensive drivel. But then again, which of Kenneth's films can be said not to be?