PRINCESS
DVD REVIEW
Princess (2006)
Certificate: 18
Tartan DVD. RRP £19.99
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Writers: Mette Heeno, Anders Morgenthaler
Check out a trailer for Princess on http://tinyurl.com/6xjndb
Although this is mostly an animated film – a cartoon – its creator, Danish director Anders Morgenthaler says, “Princess is not for kids. It’s not nice. It’s tough and incredibly depressing. I’m enormously proud of it already." He’s right. This is not a Disney confection. It is tough. It’s bloody. It’s violent and disturbing in the digital era when pornography seems about to go mainstream.
When Christina, formerly the famous porn star "The Princess", dies of a drug overdose; her brother returns from overseas missionary work to look after his five-year-old niece, Mia. Since Christina’s early death, the little girl has been living in a brothel looked after by the seedy Madam, Karen and anyone else who took any interest in her. As her next of kin, August decides to take her home and bring her up himself.
A clergyman, August feels some guilt for the life his sister led as he had not been there when she needed him. He sees that Mia has acquired some bruises and has been psychologically damaged. There are also hints that she may have been abused sexually by her mother’s ‘nice’ friend, Charlie.
August decides to take on the porn industry that used and abused his tragic sister. He demands that the distributors cease from circulating Princess videos and DVDs or he will take steps to sort things out himself. They ignore the grieving pastor’s demands. August’s combination of rage, righteous indignation and muscular Christianity leads him to conduct a bloody crusade against Charlie’s porn empire: anyone who exploited his dead sister - and by extension Mia – will suffer the painful consequences.
You can argue whether or not August was right to bring a five-year-old with him on his bloody killing spree and whether religiously motivated vigilantes are justified in their violence against those who exploit others for gain. Still, I defy you not to identify with this troubled pastor in his battle against the merchants of sleaze.
Princess (2006)
Certificate: 18
Tartan DVD. RRP £19.99
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Writers: Mette Heeno, Anders Morgenthaler
Check out a trailer for Princess on http://tinyurl.com/6xjndb
Although this is mostly an animated film – a cartoon – its creator, Danish director Anders Morgenthaler says, “Princess is not for kids. It’s not nice. It’s tough and incredibly depressing. I’m enormously proud of it already." He’s right. This is not a Disney confection. It is tough. It’s bloody. It’s violent and disturbing in the digital era when pornography seems about to go mainstream.
When Christina, formerly the famous porn star "The Princess", dies of a drug overdose; her brother returns from overseas missionary work to look after his five-year-old niece, Mia. Since Christina’s early death, the little girl has been living in a brothel looked after by the seedy Madam, Karen and anyone else who took any interest in her. As her next of kin, August decides to take her home and bring her up himself.
A clergyman, August feels some guilt for the life his sister led as he had not been there when she needed him. He sees that Mia has acquired some bruises and has been psychologically damaged. There are also hints that she may have been abused sexually by her mother’s ‘nice’ friend, Charlie.
August decides to take on the porn industry that used and abused his tragic sister. He demands that the distributors cease from circulating Princess videos and DVDs or he will take steps to sort things out himself. They ignore the grieving pastor’s demands. August’s combination of rage, righteous indignation and muscular Christianity leads him to conduct a bloody crusade against Charlie’s porn empire: anyone who exploited his dead sister - and by extension Mia – will suffer the painful consequences.
You can argue whether or not August was right to bring a five-year-old with him on his bloody killing spree and whether religiously motivated vigilantes are justified in their violence against those who exploit others for gain. Still, I defy you not to identify with this troubled pastor in his battle against the merchants of sleaze.
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