The opinion-splitting Martyrs is yet another violent French film. Super gory, bleak and relentless, this emotional roller coaster will undoubtedly affect you. The tried and tested revenge format forms the basis of the movie, but when you nose-dive straight into hell, not everything is simple. Set 15 years after a horrifying experience of abduction and prolonged torture, Lucie sets out on a bloody quest for revenge against her one time captors. Accompanying her is childhood friend Anna, another who had suffered similar sorts of abuse. Lucie quickly descends, without hope, into madness and her own delusions. Left alone, Anna begins to experience what Lucie did as a 12-year-old girl. Martyrs has been frequently labelled as torture porn by critics, such is the amount of graphic and distasteful violence within. Many also refer to it as one of the scariest films ever made.
