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Most disturbing scene.

posted 16 years ago by dcampbell000
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The opening scene involving the murder of the parents was just plain sickening and needlessly brutal. The scene didn't have to be so brutal and graphic for viewers to appreciate the twins' vengeance towards the baddies. They were only infants and as such wouldn't recall 25 years later just how mercilessly their parents were slaughtered at the hands of the cartel. The mother's death, in particular, was appalling. Combine this with the wailing noises of the twins and the innocent Chinese maid in jeopardy. This makes for one of the most disturbing scenes in film history. Even more so than Murphy's execution in Robocop, for it involves many innocent people, including kids, on the verge of death and destruction. I wonder why nobody mentions this scene for its sheer brutality. Even the notorious Sam Peckinpah was "constitutionally unable to show in child in jeopardy." What goes on in the minds of these film-makers? This entire scene mars what could've been a pretty entertaining action flick. But you kids are all pretty desensitized, eh? All you bozos dominating these web sites.

[–] r_cadell 16 years ago

The director had to make sure you hated the bad guys, that you hated them so much you wouldn't mind seeing them die in a horrible way. You weren't supposed to feel sorry for them in any way. This scene achieved that, and I didn't find it any more brutal than a lot of other films.

Tbh If you asked me to describe the 10 most memorable scenes in the film I would not have picked that one. It wouldn't have even made my top 20.

You could say that a guy getting his throat slit in a restaurant full of people was pretty brutal too, or a grown man wearing black silk underwear. I would never in my life wear black silk underwear. Horses for courses. Depends what things you've had bad experiences with in life and what you're sensitive to.

btw a lot of people on here aren't kids anymore :p

[–] dcampbell000 16 years ago

Name other films with worse scenes?

[–] hbkirishwarrior 16 years ago

Are you kidding me?? There are many other movies that are disturbing scene. SAW, Mirrors, Freddy Kruger(old school), Jason, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away (the scence when he knock his tooth with roller blade), and many, many, many others.

If you're so disturbed with that movie, they have Barney, Seasame Street, Spongebob, I'm sure there nothing to be disturb or offended.

[–] Third_Vega_Brother 15 years ago

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
You haven't seen many films have you?

The Jerk Store Called, And There Running Out Of You!

[–] madman_salv 14 years ago

are you kidding? The film is an 18 certificate (from UK point of view), meaning they can use any amount of violence as they want in it... the next stop would be banning... and that scene is defenitley not worth banning.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 10 years ago

I came here to see if anyone else had commented on this. I think it was completely justified and necessary to establish how vicious the baddies were, but it is very intense and unflinching. The rest of the film may feature violence, but it's of the chopsocky action variety and always buffeted by comedy.

That opening scene was brutal.

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[–] donutpower 9 years ago

the uncut Murphy death scene in Robocop is to this day a brutal scene to get through. to me thats much higher on the list than the violence in Double Impact.

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[–] metrocub 9 years ago

The opening scene involving the murder of the parents was just plain sickening and needlessly brutal. The scene didn't have to be so brutal and graphic for viewers to appreciate the twins' vengeance towards the baddies. They were only infants and as such wouldn't recall 25 years later just how mercilessly their parents were slaughtered at the hands of the cartel. The mother's death, in particular, was appalling. Combine this with the wailing noises of the twins and the innocent Chinese maid in jeopardy. This makes for one of the most disturbing scenes in film history. Even more so than Murphy's execution in Robocop, for it involves many innocent people, including kids, on the verge of death and destruction. I wonder why nobody mentions this scene for its sheer brutality. Even the notorious Sam Peckinpah was "constitutionally unable to show in child in jeopardy." What goes on in the minds of these film-makers? This entire scene mars what could've been a pretty entertaining action flick. But you kids are all pretty desensitized, eh? All you bozos dominating these web sites.

It was a rough scene but it wasn't that disturbing nor was Saving Ryan's Private Parts as someone else mentioned.

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

yes this scene was bad but action genre from this era's have more disturbing scene:

1. shed scene in commando where arnold butchers many weekend warriors with various garden tool & chopping limb, nuts and scalps.

2. murder of blond babe in 'showdown in little tokyo'. extra disturbing because it is hot blond being behead and is tragedy to see this beauty go to wastes and it not being someone who look like keelai meeting this kind of fates

3. ritual sacrifice of naked colombian man in predator 2. eerie voodoo shit etc.

4. crooked cop duffy being cut up alive on table in robocop 2

5. execution of murphy in robocop 1