Don't Mess with My Sister!

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Summary: somebody stop the pain...
Review: Irritating accents, implausible character motivation, and a script that is constantly pulling itself in opposite directions makes the viewer question how Meir Zarchi keeps a clear thought, let alone direct a 90-minute film... That's the feeling I got with "Don't Mess With My Sister!", a low-budget stinker that's riddled with bad writing, acting, direction, and just about everything else... Okay, Zarchi's previous (and only other) effort, "I Spit on Your Grave," was just as confused but more well-done on a technical level than this piece of junk. The exploitation elements are sadly missing (a single nude scene, and action so poorly directed it's laughable) and the film's self-important 'message' (forced marriages will make men snap and sleep with belly dancers!) will leave you groaning.

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Summary: Lightning does not strike twice for director Meir Zarchi
Review: Seven years after his notorious success with "I Spit on Your Grave," writer-director Meir Zarchi made his second and final (to date) film, "Don't Mess with My Sister!" However, this sordid little tale of violence and revenge is just a pale imitation of the controversial exploitation classic. Steven (Joe Perce) meets up with Clara (Jeannine Lemay) and is forced by her bizarre family to get married. Of course, Steven wants to get out of this arrangement and that is when the bloody mayhem begins. But there is nothing here to get worked up about. Everything that made "I Spit on Your Grave" an effective example of raw cinema whose social value was at least debatable on several key levels is missing in "Don't Mess with My Sister!" No wonder it put the final nail in the coffin of Zarchi's film career. You have to admit the guy has achieved a sort of cinematic immortality with his other film, but only those with an intensely morbid sense of curiosity are going to want to check this one out (assuming they can even find it in the first place).

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Summary: Lightning does not strike twice for director Meir Zarchi
Review: Seven years after his notorious success with "I Spit on Your Grave," writer-director Meir Zarchi made his second and final (to date) film, "Don't Mess with My Sister!" However, this sordid little tale of violence and revenge is just a pale imitation of the controversial exploitation classic. Steven (Joe Perce) meets up with Clara (Jeannine Lemay) and is forced by her bizarre family to get married. Of course, Steven wants to get out of this arrangement and that is when the bloody mayhem begins. But there is nothing here to get worked up about. Everything that made "I Spit on Your Grave" an effective example of raw cinema whose social value was at least debatable on several key levels is missing in "Don't Mess with My Sister!" No wonder it put the final nail in the coffin of Zarchi's film career. You have to admit the guy has achieved a sort of cinematic immortality with his other film, but only those with an intensely morbid sense of curiosity are going to want to check this one out (assuming they can even find it in the first place).

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Summary: ANOTHER ONE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE"
Review: This is a very strange little film that will have glued to the television screen. Some may find it to be a little too off-beat for their tastes, but those folks who loved "I Spit on Your Grave" by the same director will become instant fans of this film. Now I don't believe in giving away too much of the story in a film review so all I'm going to tell you is that this movie is about a very disturbing forced marriage.

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Summary: ANOTHER ONE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE"
Review: This is a very strange little film that will have glued to the television screen. Some may find it to be a little too off-beat for their tastes, but those folks who loved "I Spit on Your Grave" by the same director will become instant fans of this film. Now I don't believe in giving away too much of the story in a film review so all I'm going to tell you is that this movie is about a very disturbing forced marriage.