I know we had an earlier review of the theatrical release, which I didn't catch. But I understand the unrated DVD has a lot more material. It definitely would not have gotten an R rating in the States.

Anyway first, Sarah Butler is hawt, but not in the fake tits porn star kind of way, more in the young co-ed next door kind of way. When she was relaxing in her bikini on the porch or jogging in her sports bra, she was delicious, and very unassuming. She is the kind of girl who acts like she doesn't know she’s hawt, I've noticed this in a few interviews on the tube, that is a very rare quality.

Now, I'm sure all of us, being bona fide gimpers, know the plot, so I want revisit the story, just right into the good stuff. They had a few short scenes where she was being stalked but they were relatively inconsequential. In the first real gimp scene, she hears some noises at her shed and when she returns from investigating, she finds herself surrounded by the local ruffians in her cabin, one of whom is retarded or special. Anyway, dressed in a sleep bottom and a tight sleep top she is taunted, forced to suck on a wine bottle and revolver barrel. She is very convincing both in her surprise and expressions of feat. She is also tormented by lighted matches. She escapes by hitting one of the hoods with the bottle and goes running thru the woods until she encounters the safety of the local sheriff. I'll give this scene an A- in the context of the flick.

Then the local sheriff takes her back to the cabin, he finds a joint, and precedes to pat her down against the wall, while scolding her. Then the local ruffians enter again. This time with the help of the sheriff, she is slapped around, has her bottom stripped off (damn what an ASS!!!), and then held down for the first rape by the special boy. She fights back and the rape ends in his ejaculation while he is choking her. I found her reactions and acting in this scene to be a great blend of fear, vulnerability, and desperation. She escapes the cabin running into the woods. I'll give the scene an A.

She then is walking thru the woods unsteadily when she runs into the group lying in wait for her. She is grabbed by the hair and thrown to the ground in front of a pool of water. One of the group sits on top of her and dunks her head repeatedly in the pool. She then is raped anally literally shrieking when she is entered. Then she is raped at least once more (off screen) because when she gets up she completely nude. At this point she is bruised and dirty, much like the original, but her reactions are much more believable. As she walks away she appears to be in shock; she is shaking uncontrollably and staggering with every step. She is fully (frontal) nude and looks unbelievably helpless. The men confront her again and just before they go to shoot her she jumps off the bridge into the river. This ends the Gimp portion of the movie, and for an untied up rape scene it is very realistic. I'd have to give it an A+.

Now a few other notes. One ploy the producers used was a lot of the rape scenes were shown through one of the perpetrator’s video cameras, this did affect the sharpness of some of the shots, and it muted the power of some of the scenes. I felt Sarah’s acting was exceptional in the first half of the movie for a young actress in her first real big screen part (her other appearances were TV stuff). It had to be a real draining, challenging role to play and I can't imagine her character reacting any differently in real life. She elicited real empathy during the rapes that made them really believable.

But the movie is not flawless. It shows nothing of Sarah as she leaves the river and recovers ( I would have much preferred this to the revenge scenes). During the time of her escape and recovery all it shows is the guys looking for her and getting on with their lives. I suspect that scenes of her huddled on the ground as she came out of the river during her escape would have been extremely sexy and actually added to the story. As far as the movie goes, this kind of kills the overall impact.