No, this isn't Bored to Death, Jason Schwartzman's beloved comedy series on HBO. Far from it. While watching Beaten to Death, be prepared to wince, shield your eyes, and cry out in secondhand pain. With such an explicit film title, you might be able to guess just what happens to the lead character throughout the frightening Australian film's tight duration. It seems to drag on, however, given the hard-to-watch gory sequences that overrun this B-movie from co-writer and director Sam Curtain. We're often begging for a glimmer of hope or even comic relief, but you've been warned here that it doesn't exactly come.
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