This movie needs a cut version. The violence is awesome and everything but some of the scenes are just completely unneeded. The story is genius, the acting is genius, the cinematography is genius, everything is genius except the length. The novelty of extreme violence wears off after awhile and this movie just doesn't seem to realize that, with scenes that have little to no importance whatsoever other than to shock and reinforce the already established point that this movie is filled with sadomasochists. Not enough to ruin the movie though, it's brilliant.