*** out of **** Horror directors are a peculiar breed. With "Frontier(s)", director Xavier Gens has taken the Paris riots and envisioned the cruel aftermath through heads exploding, tendons being cut, parts of the neck being bitten clean off, and terrible death by gas chamber. In a sense, Gens might just be blowing off a lot of steam with the amount of carnage that he chooses to show; but at the same time, there's a greater craft at work underneath all the horrible acts committed … more
I’ve watched a fair share of more recent French horror films; “Them” (not the one with ants), “High Tension” and “Inside”. My friend Dave79 really liked this film and of course, I have to see it for myself. I‘ve read that “Frontier(s)” was left out at the 2008's “After Dark Horror Fest” because of its very violent nature and its NC-17 rating; thankfully, LIONSGATE have released the unrated version to sit side … more