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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 13% Rotten Page   1   "Trying to establish the cannibal clan's motives and to bring even a hint of profundity to the legend of Leatherface, seems too pretentious for me."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari 1/5 "The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie is so desperate to create some indelible horror imagery that it forgets everything else that's required of a standard big screen movie macabre."   DVD Verdict   Bill Gibron 7/10 "A better-than-average horror release in terms of blood and general intensity, but still a pale shadow of its blasting-out-of-the-gate predecessor."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens D- "The idea of more kids getting lost in the hidden interstates of Texas, lining up for the slaughter is, frankly, fairly boring. I mean, come on...even Police Academy went to Miami Beach for their fifth film."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/5 "commits the crime of being totally and utterly tiresome."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "You know a trend has crested and collapsed by the time Michael Bay gets a hold of it."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1/4 "...an ugly film, overwhelmed by transparent shock value, short-sighted storytelling and nihilistic undertones."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes .5/4 "...unsightly, pointless, and thoroughly mean-spirited..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "A top-notch grindhouse flick perfect for the Halloween season. It's also the best this series has seen in twenty years."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman D "It's wearisome and dull, offering plenty of gore but no brains to back it up."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Liebesman's woefully rancid and riddled prequel of the same name is basically a horrendously harried yet uneventful hollow shell of its former bloodied self."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng F "Given that this is a prequel...there's no suspense, only ninety minutes of lip-smacking sadism. This is entertainment?"   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1.5/5 "Lacking anything resembling subtext and anything resembling genuine suspense, The Beginning is little more than just another hackneyed rehash of increasingly diminishing returns."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/10 "In the end, and despite Ermey's best efforts, it's just another splatter flick."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 1/5 "click for full review (Greek)"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis C+ "What about the kid's formative years? Now *that* might have made for a movie. Instead we get another pack of kids ripe for ever more gruesomely depicted slaughter..."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1.5/4 "Rest assured you've seen it all before."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "It literally made me weep to see how hard and cold we’ve become as a society, that this could be considered entertainment."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1.5/4 "Reducing the iconic brute to a victim of childhood neglect and abuse? That's not, as The Beginning's tagline boasts, "The Birth of Fear." It's the death of it."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2.5/5 "There are only so many ways hapless teens can get brutally slaughtered, after all"   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar D "We may not have seen the end of this nascent franchise, but the beginning leaves depressingly little hope for improvement."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 2.5/5 "While I wouldn't call it a terrible entry in the series, The Beginning is just a bit too dry, obvious and familiar to generate much enthusiasm."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 4/10 "A rote latter-day slasher film with barely anything worth recommending."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr.  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 13% Rotten Page   1