From the beginning I could see where the movie was headed to: The closet cannibal has taste (in this case literally) for young women's flesh. Then, he meets a woman who places so much trust in him he is unable to kill, process and put in the freezer. Well, I tell you there are already hundreds of horror movies with storyline like this. It was too obvious from the beginning that Carlos had killed (and ate) Nina's sister Alexandra and that was why he was so unresponsive to Nina's romantic propositions. In the end he confesses to Nina and by doing so gave her an opportunity to turn him in to the police and clear the suspicion on herself. However Nina then attempts a murder-suicide on Carlos, which only ends up killing herself only. 9Was it an act of revenge for her sister Alexandra, or jealousy towards her that Carlos desired her so much to eat her but he did not desire her enough to want to eat herself?) The most glaring flaw in the plot is that the character's cannibalism does not relate to how the movie ends. Does cannibalism figure in how the movie ends? Not at all. As far as the plot line is concerned, the character of 'Carlos' did not need to be a cannibal at all. He could have been portrayed as just one of those simple, ordinary serial killers who targets young attractive women. I mean, cannibalism in this movie may be a sufficient condition but not a necessary condition. Almodova would have done it differently--What a pity. Also as a postscript the nude body of Alexandra/Nina is not well shaped enough to be the main piece of the final scenes--her waist is rather thick and her lower abdomen bulges---possible casting error.
Cannibal
(2013)
Good effort, but predictable and complacent ending
24 November 2014
Warning: Spoilers