The topic of torture is a hot-button issue in today’s America, with the legality of waterboarding and the tales of abuse at Guantanamo Bay bringing man’s inhumanity to man into the public eye like never before. Torture has also been a moneymaker in films, with the Saw franchise milking five installments out of the grisly pleasure of the act. So we were somewhat surprised that Tortured, a new film with a fairly A-list cast including Laurence Fishburne, Jon Cryer and Cole Hauser went directly to DVD. Directed by Nolan Lebovitz, whose only previous credit was 2003’s gynecological comedy Dr. Benny, Tortured most certainly didn’t deserve the direct-to-video treatment – read on.
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