Plot
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Release Year: 2009
Rating: 3.6/10 (450 voted)
Director:
Jake Kennedy
Stars: Marieh Delfino, Michael Rooker, Graham McTavish
Storyline A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Cast: Marieh Delfino
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Amelia Wallis
Michael Rooker
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Mann
Graham McTavish
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Geeves
Alice Amter
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Eve
Valorie Hubbard
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Kathy
Allison Lange
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Tara
Tony Todd
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Chauffeur
James Duval
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Sleazy party guy
Eve Mauro
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Suzie
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Sassy
Sita Young
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Molly
Katherine Randolph
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Polly
Lochlyn Munro
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Cop (Jack)
Jason Connery
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FBI agent (John)
Garrett Jones
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Will
Morann Peri
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Corridor prisoner (Lisa)
Trivia: Lochlyn Munro only worked one day on this film.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Mann points the gun at Will it's a Beretta 92f then when Mann takes the camera and shoots Will it's a different gun and then right after the gun changes back to the Beretta 92f.
User Review
Torture Porn, and Not Even Good Torture Porn
Rating: 2/10
Penance is an example of this decade's "torture porn" craze at its
worst. Cheaply made, with largely unknown actors, the film lacks the
creativity of films such as Saw, substituting shock tactics for
originality.
The story is nothing new. An innocent young woman is forced to become a
stripper because of financial trouble, and ends up falling into the
hands of a depraved religious fanatic. (I'm a humanist, and even I
think this movie gives religion a bad name.) What follows is an hour
long wallow in torture and extremely graphic sequences of genital
mutilation, both male and female.
What makes the movie particularly disgusting is its implicit acceptance
of the moral logic of the villain. The protagonist is a victim of
circumstance, not a "bad" stripper like the others, who are depicted in
the most stereotypical, degrading way possible. At times, this approach
pushes the film into outright misogyny.
Furthermore, Penance relies on a video taping framing device ripped off
from better films like REC. The result is a cheap looking digital
feature that adds nothing to the overall story.
The only good points of the film are the scenes with Michael Rooker,
which unfortunately comprise only ten minutes or so. One wishes the
film had been focused on his character instead.
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