X-Game

I liked it
X-Game is another entry in the J-Horror category. The flick has an interesting plot about a secret society who take revenge on people who are bullys. But what really sets this flick apart from other J-Horror films are the torture scenes. Only the Japanese can come up with this kind crazy stuff.

A Brutal Game - A Blend of Saw and Hostel (3.5/5)
X-Game follows Hideaki and three of his 6th grade classmates as they are kidnapped and forced to play the X-Games- the torturous games that this class created long ago to hurt and humiliate a young girl, Mariko. I viewed this on Netflix Streaming (on 12/23/12) where it is titled "Death Tube" and has a different description. This is a brutal game, and basically a blend of Saw and Hostel, which isn't a bad thing in this case.

The story is X-Game is basically a revenge tale; a brutally bullied girl forces her attackers to play much more violent version of the game they created. They have a secret organization that captures these bullies and sets them up for their clients- like Hostel. And the purpose is to teach them a lesson on their previous actions/lifestyles- like Saw. A wheel chooses which bully gets gets tortured, and the torturing is administered by the non-chosen bullies; if they don't complete the task, one is randomly chosen to get branded with a large X. The torture...



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