Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey. (2014)

Waste of time

Don't Believe the Hype

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I first saw this film on the shelves in HMV and thought it looked good but didn't chance buying it in case it turned out to be another torture porn disguised as a horror with a dominating man demanding sex from a vulnerable woman. This, thank God, turned out not to be the case. The film features three main characters, a married couple, Allie and Tom and their intruder, Aaron. The couple are engaging in sex when an intruder breaks in and knocks them out. The couple wake up, Tom is tied up in the bath and Allie is hanging from the kitchen ceiling, what follows, is a weekend of them being held hostage in their own home.But this is not ordinary kidnap horror story line, these characters have a depth to them that almost makes you root for the characters you think you should hate, and hate the characters you ought to love.Overall i think this film is very unique, with no other story lines that are similar to my knowledge. The acting is utterly brilliant for the roles of Allie and Aaron and their chemistry is amazing with the ability to switch between tension and fear to affection and almost a sense of real love.I highly recommend this dutch made film, i hope my review was somewhat helpful in convincing you to watch!

great little thriller, the best of the psychological home invasion genre. great acting especially from the two leads, Aaron and Alison, and an interesting examination of love and monogamy, definitely worth a watch. would make a good companion piece with Gone Girl in a double bill designed to break up relationships lol.Where Knock Knock attempted a similar thing but failed (especially in the last 15 mins) this film succeeds and is consistent in its themes and ending in a way that knock knock struggled with.**spoilers ahead**It starts off with a home invasion where our "villain" ties the protagonist and her husband up in beautiful Japanese bondage knots, and slowly over the course of a weekend subjects them both to extreme torment. But where other home invaders are intent on physical or sexual carnage, Aaron has set his sights on the inner cracks of their relationship, and through a bit of torture and psychological manipulation he slowly tries to break it down.

I liked this, but can think of preferred outcomes.Nice, clear intro. Then good sensuality with oblique gore. I was really liking those knots and expected the tone was set for the rest (despite the underwear prudishness). But it backed off and became a bit sentimental for me. The keyboard music especially got a bit Mills & Boon, although the camera work in a dull house was sexy.I was guessing until late on, but in the end it's a fairy tale with a clear moral, rather than a mysterious reflection on physical desire. Tres Anglo- Saxon.The character in the bathtub was disappointing: "Leksh me oush!". On the one hand, it would be hard for someone not to die in those circumstances; on the other, he didn't change despite all that time for reflection - so he's basically a monster. And I guess that's why the story ends up so blunt.Many UK films are tax-break crud, so this was refreshing.

Post-feminist scary and haunting tale. Very well done. The camera becomes an independent character: does not move too much and that is positive. Deadly Virtues: Love Honour Obey has been made for a low budget. The story and making of and way of acting is so special and so good! In the beginning, when the intruder has bound Alison and hanging from the ceiling, we wanted to spit the stranger in his face. But at the end of the movie, we actually did love the stranger a little bit! The stranger practices bondage, a Japanese style of bondage. Because to tie is to hug. Lust and art is combined. During the movie, Alison did change. She became strong.