The Sadness

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The Sadness

2021

1h 39m

Horror

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The city of Taipei suddenly erupts into bloody chaos as ordinary people are compulsively driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can imagine. Murder, torture, and mutilation are only the beginning... A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the violence and depravity. The age of civility and order is no more.

Critics Consensus

The Sadness lives up to its title with an unstintingly grim -- and overall effective -- slice of dystopian horror.

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Phuong Le

Guardian

05/17/2022

3/5

The assured command of style situates Jabbaz as an impressive new voice in horror cinema.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

05/15/2022

2.5/4

The Sadness is one of the more aggressively bleak, disturbing, and depraved horror films I’ve ever seen.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

05/12/2022

3/4

Jabbaz’s movie isn’t exactly deep, but it does effectively channel his free-floating anxieties in ways both excessive and appropriately nasty.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

8/10

It takes the old premise of zombies and the morality tales that they brought to the silver screen and pops a monster truck engine under the hood before sending you to hell with tears streaming from your eyes.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Mar 24

C

"The Sadness" is an exercise in extremity, and while the helmer has all the gore and ugliness imaginable, he neglects to create a pace to the endeavor, which never feels alive as it drags from one makeup effects display to the next.

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Mike Thorn

In Review Online

10/10/2024

Jabbaz’s primary focus is on cartoonishly gory entertainment. The director approaches scenes of carnage with glee...

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Uriah D

@RT17139086 5d

I came across this movie on Instagram and I thought "oh, why not? Cuz what's the worst that could happen.." yeah.. totally underestimated this movie. The idea of a zombie that clearly knows what it's doing is terrifying in its self let alone it doing EXACTLY what it wants to.. slight spoiler but I think the most twisted scene would definitely be the hospital scene. That is just.... "HOLY FUCK!" was my first words. There's nothing horror about this. It is just straight up diabolical. Mexican cartel type shit. But if you really like gore and zombies and.. well the idea of fucking someone in the eye... Then be my guest. :)

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Ivan B

@RT57850736 Mar 15

I'm a huge fan of the crossed comics and i still couldn't stomach it as easily as i thought. Definetly not for everyone BUT if you are a fan of zombie franchise, and/or prefer your movies crunch realistic, then it's a score.

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Jason B.

@detwin Mar 15

I’ve read the comics this was based on and still wasn’t prepared enough.

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Carlos M

@CarlosMZ Mar 8

De las mejores películas de terror de zombies que he visto por lo cruda que es y lo absurdo es lo de las violaciones eso si me saco de onda pero sin spoils sinceramente como decian otros comentarios es como resident evil pero mas crudo y demoniaco.

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Ishak H

@megman Feb 17

a strong dose of horror with plenty of creepy scenes, and overall it really pulls you in.

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Jade W

@Jadewright Feb 2

Brutally at its best

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Synopsis

The city of Taipei suddenly erupts into bloody chaos as ordinary people are compulsively driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can imagine. Murder, torture, and mutilation are only the beginning... A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the violence and depravity. The age of civility and order is no more.

Director: Rob Jabbaz
Producer: David Barker, Wei-Chun Li, Jeffrey Huang
Screenwriter: Rob Jabbaz
Genre: Horror
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2022
Runtime: 1h 39m