The Life Zone
The Life Zone
PG-13 | 10 June 2011 (USA)
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Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. Held against their will for months, the prisoners are faced with life-transforming decisions and must struggle for their lives.

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notaharpeada

I started watching this movie because the concept seemed interesting. And it actually is - three women who get kidnapped and forced into delivering their unwanted babies. Regardless if you are pro-life or pro-choice, you cannot deny that abortion is a very delicate subject and brings a lot of pain to women who go through it. The viewer is supposed to get a grasp of that dilemma and follow the characters through a journey of guilt and self-doubt. However, the plot and the acting were so poor that I felt like I was watching a children show. I honestly expected the characters to suddenly turn into puppets and start teaching me basic arithmetic or something - because the way they act and express themselves make them look exactly like that, from the exact moment Lara wakes up (Angela Little does great in comedy, but this definitely doesn't look like her thing) until the end. Instead of feeling sympathy for the characters and engaging in their feelings of doubt, I felt like I was being force-fed with pro-life propaganda and moral lessons, in the most overused and cliché way possible. If I wanted lectures, I would be reading La Fontaine fables. Movies are supposed to explore emotions and this movie does none of that. The women do not go through any journey, they just change opinions like they were struck by the holy lightning. If you want the viewers to get absorbed by the events and characters, you ought to present them some realistic acting and plot.

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javatc

I originally watched this movie because of my love for horror movies. I looked up some reviews on this site only to see this was apparently a terrible movie, witch only made me want to watch even more. I love horror movies, but I love the laugh a terrible movie can provide even more.If you are like me, however, you won't like this movie. The completely terrible and laughable concept of this movie is outweighed only by it's offensive nature. The movie revolves around 3 women who get kidnapped by some pro-life psychos just before having an abortion, and end up getting forced to have their children and debate about the topic of abortion. If you think the plot is already offensive, here's the kicker, throw in religion! Yes, this movie exists only to send the message that if you get an abortion, you go to hell.At first I thought it would be mildly interesting, I love debating and seeing other's views on matters such as this. However, both sides of the issue look completely laughable in this movie, and everything during the movie is completely pointless as it's later revealed that the women were already dead and in hell, dying from their abortions.Sorry for revealing the ending, but if you have an ounce of integrity and common sense, take my word, this movie is nothing more than propaganda for pro-life fundamentalist parents to show their kids to scare them into not only avoiding abortion, but also having them force their mortality on other people, just as this movie did.

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Mattie Nyte

Wow... that's all I have to say. Wow... OK I have more to say. The blonde girl was HORRIBLE! Some parts I thought, oh maybe she isn't that bad, but n the end I give her 2/5 stars on an acting scale. It is true what others have said about this movie. It is just an anti-abortion movie. I did give it three stars though. And the three reasons why... 1)Decent story line. Would make a cute book for young adults who are extremely religious. 2)I liked Staci(Lindsey Haun). Good acting, liked her characters personality. =) 3)Unexpected ending. Stupid, and kind of annoying, but very unexpected.All in all, this movie was kind of bad. Wont watch it again, or recommend.-Mattie Nyte-

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DemonaStormShadow

at least that is an actual horror movie, no preaching and Ron Pearlman is in it. I made the mistake of watching this on Netflix without looking it up ahead of time. Biggest mistake ever. While I understand with pro-lifer's stance, but respectfully disagree, this movie is the sort of crap you know the fundie extremists are showing to their daughters to scare the crap out of them.The basic argument of abortion is murder aside, the part that real got me was the idea that Satan/Lucifer gets to run purgatory. I may be a pagan who's forgotten to bulk of her Catholic school lessons, but even I remember enough to call bull on that. Well that and the fact that an abortion is all it takes to get you locked in the middle ground.This isn't a horror movie, its poorly written propaganda. No matter where you on the issue of abortion I think we can all agree people who make movies like this shouldn't even be allowed in the debate.

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