This is really more of a warning than a review. Simply put, avoid this one like the avian flu.

This is a collection of scenes with seven actresses, and I have to admit I was misled by the "Cruel Rape" title. I was thinking this might be a "Best of..." collection of rape scenes from the various Hibino bondage movies. Given that the movie is a whopping four-hours long, this sounded promising.

I was wrong.

This dreck is mostly a collection of repetitive vanilla scenes, where each actress does some naked outdoor scenes, followed by some outdoors scenes with remote-controlled vibrators, some vanilla sex scenes and then a group rape with some guys in executioners' masks. Even when we get to the group rapes, there's much less than you might expect -- each scene looks pretty consensual.

There was only one segment that held any promise, and it still came up short. It featured a somewhat-attractive woman in a white turtleneck sweater, winter coat, plaid skirt and black nylons and boots. She agreed to go up to a man's bedroom but then rejected his advances. Before she could leave, he overpowered her, threw her onto his bed, tied her up, ripped open her nylons and panties, and raped her.

Sounds good, but there was a problem. The rope job was terrible. Her arms were loosely bound to her body, and not tied at all below the elbows. I'm no Houdini, but I could have escaped from that situation in less than two minutes.

Later, this same woman was tied up for her group-rape scene with the guys in the executioners' masks, but things didn't get any better. Again, it started well -- her wrists were bound together and she was tied arms over head to the roof. She was wearing nothing but panties and the guys were feeling her up.

But when it came time to rape her, they untied her from the roof. Her hands were still bound together, but the rope was just being held by one of the attackers, and it didn't look the least bit convincing.