Short version: Is it possible to enjoy an absurd movie? In this case, yes.

Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age – or maybe I’m just so desperate for movies that even remotely entertain me that I’m getting “easy.” Whichever it is, I actually enjoyed 88 Minutes.

Why the qualifier? Because surprisingly (to me) this movie is getting killed by movie other movie critics.

The film opens eerily and quietly enough, with us looking in on a pair of Asian twin sisters getting ready to turn in for the night. It’s all innocuous, so much so that of course you know something horrible is coming, and indeed it does. Their home is invaded by a twisted killer who binds up his victims, hanging them upside down from the ceiling to torture them before finally killing them.

After that ...

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