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Penanceisanexampleofthisdecade's"tortureporn"crazeatitsworst.Cheaplymade,withlargelyunknownactors,thefilmlacksthecreativityoffilmssuchasSaw,substitutingshocktacticsfororiginality.<br/> Thestoryisnothingnew.Aninnocentyoungwomanisforcedtobecomeastripperbecauseoffinancialtrouble,andendsupfallingintothehandsofadepravedreligiousfanatic.(I'mahumanist,andevenIthinkthismoviegivesreligionabadname.)Whatfollowsisanhourlongwallowintortureandextremelygraphicsequencesofgenitalmutilation,bothmaleandfemale.<br/> Whatmakesthemovieparticularlydisgustingisitsimplicitacceptanceofthemorallogicofthevillain.Theprotagonistisavictimofcircumstance,nota"bad"stripperliketheothers,whoaredepictedinthemoststereotypical,degradingwaypossible.Attimes,thisapproachpushesthefilmintooutrightmisogyny.<br/> Furthermore,PenancereliesonavideotapingframingdevicerippedofffrombetterfilmslikeREC.Theresultisacheaplookingdigitalfeaturethataddsnothingtotheoverallstory.<br/> TheonlygoodpointsofthefilmarethesceneswithMichaelRooker,whichunfortunatelycompriseonlytenminutesorso.Onewishesthefilmhadbeenfocusedonhischaracterinstead.
