Despite occasional stabs at humor, Eldorado is a tragedy.
The Ordeal has a sick sexual frisson that sometimes resonates.
Alexandre Aja is so concerned with setting up a shot that he can scarcely be bothered to offer moral or emotional clarity.
Director Manuel Boursinhac’s film at times suggests a Cliffs Notes knock-off of The Sopranos.
Gaspar Noé positions Irréversible as a structuralist countdown, but a structuralist wank job is more like it.