Welcome to Mexico everybody. You know this country people if you've been there already. Today I'm going to do my review of the 2007 Horror film Borderland. Horror Cinema has been releasing movies like Hostel and Saw now a days. If any of you guys ever heard of the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo who killed and murdered a University Texas Junior student Mark Kilroy in the Spring of 1989 and when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo was arrested he and his other cult member who are responsible as well for Mark Kilroy's death this movie is based on a true story about Mark Kilroy's death and other murder cases that happened in Mexico. The plot of this film follows a lot on the case of Mark Kilroy's death when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo killed him in the spring of 1989. Borderland is a film done in a new kind of style and this is a Horror film that follows a lot on the case of Mark Kilroy's death. The Horror Cinema has a new kind of style when this movie was made. Borderland is a really serious film and it has similarities to Eli Roth's Hostel only darker and much more grittier than Hostel. Borderland's concept is much more realistic and true to the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo's murder on Mark Kilroy. Like Hostel which focus more on the onscreen violence Borderland focus a lot on suspense, tension and atmosphere. This movie also has a serious and darker tone than Hostel. This film has a terrifying experience for viewers because Borderland scares the audience with the cases of Mark Kilroy's death and other murder and crime scenes that happened in Mexico.
Other than that Borderland is a film that is full of suspense and tension on every scene that makes the viewers want to watch more on every level and keeps them on the right track when they watch this film. Borderland is also a force to reckon due to the true cases of Mexican cults and they're hobbies like Human Sacrifices so that they're God can serve them and make them invisible. Borderland also has some evidence that shows what the cult members do to people and why they enjoy doing it.
For any Horror fan this movie also makes the viewers guess a lot on cult groups performing sacrifices. This movie also has a deep humor compared to other Horror movies like Hostel and other Horror films as well. Everything about Borderland is realistic the concept, style and the plot everything is really realistic and full of dark themes. This is a film that constantly has the right feel and the right tone that sets the moods of the viewers and keeps them watching the entire time.
What was really realistic with this movie is that Writer and Director Zev Berman grounds the entire film in a real life situation on what would happen to people if they ever travel to Mexico either they would vanish and never be heard again or end up dying as Mark Kilroy in 1989 when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo killed him on that year. For the first 15 minutes the film is full of suspense and tension and the suspense and tension used in the film is really unsettling, unnerving and realistic. Other than that each of the characters shares similarities to the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo. Phil for an example played by actor Rider Strong has a lot of similar personalities to Mark Kilroy while the cult leader is similar to Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo and the cult leader's group also shares similarities to Adolfo's members the bald guy is a great example in the movie along with his other comrades. To say this Borderland is also a force to reckon on the history of Torture Cinema. For the first 15 minutes the movie is full of violent sequences that are sheer on the brutality, graphic violence and gore and they are also intense and suspenceful as well. The slicing of eyeballs, The cutting of limbs, The cutting and butchering of body parts like the arms and legs and the slicing of tendons with Machetes and Butcher knives are one of the hardest scenes to watch for any audience in the history of torture cinema oh and let's not forget the biting and ripping of tongues and lips are one of the second hardest scenes to watch in the history of torture cinema.
The torture scenes of Borderland not only focus more on torture but it also focus more on human sacrifice and worship because the way the cult group performs they're sacrifice after they're torture they call they're God and help them become invisible so mainly the torture scenes in this film is also more into Human Sacrifice and worship. This movie also has some of the hardest scenes to watch in the history of Horror cinema. The sacrifice of Phil is a really gruesome and hard scene to watch because the way Phil was sacrificed was really gruesome and disturbing as well. The most brutal scene in Borderland is the scene where Henry gets ambushed and hacked to death by the cult group with they're Machetes is one of the most brutal scenes in the history of Horror cinema and the way they hack Henry is gritty and gruesome the use of Machetes are really a perfect fit for this kind of movie because of it's setting and concept as well. The performances from the casts is really good all of the casts did a good job with they're performances in the film. Rider Strong from Eli Roth's Cabin Fever did a good job with his performance in the film. The beautiful and gorgeous Martha Higareda did a good job with her performance in the movie and she also looks beautiful, stunning and gorgeous in the movie as well since her performance match well with her looks in the film an Lord of The Rings actor Sean Astin did a good job with his performance in the movie as Randall one of the members of the cult group who is holding Phil Hostage in the later on parts of the movie. Writer and Director Zev Berman did a good job with his work with this movie and he seriously followed the case of Mark Kilroy's death when he made this movie. Overall Borderland is a really suspenceful and tense Horror film based on a true story on the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo's murder on Mark Kilroy in the Spring of 1989. This is a film that is worth watching darker and scarier than Hostel.
I'm going to make a list of special Horror movies that are worth watching I'm adding this on the list and I will make the list once I made a couple of decisions with the Horror films I've watched.
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