The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Jonathan Liebesman, 2006)
Rating: 2.4
A very lazily written hodgepodge of the original and the remake. It comes as no surprise that Michael Bay produced this piece of shit. The whole premise of being a prequel is basically canceled out after the first 20 minutes of the film as we are given the entire exposition and halfassed back story of leather face and his family mostly through montage. The whole marketing for the concept is to show and and why the killing spree began to in the first place, but really there is no motivation for the madness, which was ultimately the biggest disappointment for me. Despite having a unique opportunity to explore the characters motivations, emotions, personalities, etc. and make them fascinating and complex, the filmmakers settle for run-of-the mill one dimensional drivel. It's embarrassing how predictable the film is. Even the bad remake at least made Leatherface multi dimensional. Since the film elected focus purely on the horrific violence and suspense rather than the characters, I expected some intense and gruesome scenes, but in fact there was really only a moment of two that delivered the goods for me. Perhaps this is due to an increased desensitization after watching the Saw movies, but I suppose that's also a testament to Saw's superiority.
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