Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
Frontier(s) is a competent but derivative entry in the mid-2000s extreme French horror wave (New French Extremity). The neo-Nazi cannibal family premise borrows heavily from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its ilk, offering little that distinguishes it beyond its Parisian political framing. The acting is serviceable with Karina Testa carrying the emotional weight reasonably well. Cinematography is gritty and kinetic but not particularly distinctive. The ending is bleak but predictable within the genre conventions, and the overall film, while effective at delivering visceral horror, doesn't transcend its exploitation roots the way films like Martyrs or Inside did in the same movement.