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Infliction is a difficult film to review. It is a medium-budget, independent film with a talented cast that does a fine job in bringing it to life but ultimately the film falls a little short because it doesn't have the support of a major studio. However, looking deeper, Infliction's true success may be that it is an independent film because it is doubtful a major studio would ever have attempted what director Jack Thomas Smith has tried to do.John (Mac) and Kenneth Stiles (Armstrong) are two brothers who have taken it upon themselves to deliver justice to those who they feel have wronged them. Their target is as much the system as it is particular individuals but each victim had a part to play in the Hell the brothers were subjected to. Methodically, they visit each target and pass judgement on them, each act of violence pulling towards the final confrontation with their abusers – their own mother and father – and their sister, Andrea.Told via the footage the brothers themselves shoot, Infliction tells a vile story that's all too common in the modern world. We see the judge, the social worker, the couple that could have ended the abuse and the abusers and understand what part they all singularly had to play in the monstrous whole. While the moral justification of the brother's retribution can never be condoned, the anger, hate and misery that led them to it, can and should be.If Infliction falls down anywhere it is in minor places. Some of the dialogue is a little stilted and perhaps some of the insight that dialogue offers is a tad hurried in places but the words themselves are important. John, Kenny and the people around them speak of guilt and consequence. The victims are blamed by both society and by each other and accusations of "why didn't you leave?" and "why didn't you tell us?" are thrown at victim, bystander and abuser. These are genuine attacks by society that victims of abuse are subjected to whenever they tell their story and to hear these questions be asked of one victim by another is challenging. It shows that the culture of victim-blaming we live in is so deep that even those who have suffered themselves indulge in it.Infliction isn't perfect and it never would be but its story needs to be shown because it is one that is happening to people around us right now.Every single day.

I love a movie that, even at the end, you are still wondering who the villain is. The acting in this film is solid and believable as you fall into the characters lives. Two brothers detail their journey on film as they cut a path of killings across North Carolina. This my introduction to director Jack Thomas Smith and after watching I have to confess the style and editing drew me into this. I now have to watch his first movie Disorder. His story telling in Infliction, to me, is well thought out and the edits are used effectively, not having a lot of fluff in the final project. This movie will have you thinking, long after you've turned it off.

WARNING!THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS THROUGH OUT THE REVIEW.The title of the story says it all. Infliction follows John Stiles(Jason Mac) and Kenny Stiles(Elliott Armstrong) two brothers that want to take back there lives from a dramatic turn of events from their childhood upbringing.John Stiles and Kenny Stiles begin on a journey that takes them on a killing spree that will end the Infliction they have suffered through out the years with having inner peace once and for all. The story it's self is based off of true events that unfolded in North Carolina back in 2011.The events that take place with the Stiles Brothers filming the killings that they do is somewhat graphic at times.Even,John and Kenny's older sister Andrea(Ana Shaw)is pretty graphic with what happens to her in the movie. There are some graphic parts that you can look at of the Stiles Brothers performing some of there own Infliction to people along the way.The movie was shot in North Carolina to get the setting for the movie with the events that unfold instead of shooting on a Hollywood sound stage or back lot. If you are looking for a big budget movie then look somewhere else.If you are into Indy films with story driven story telling then look no further. It is hard to believe that the events in the movie happen while the Stiles Brothers filmed it with a camcorder.Infliction is shot with a camcorder type feel that is along the lines of a found footage movie. If you are not a fan of found footage movies then I don't recommend this movie.The acting is raw and real.Some may not agree but, this film is not meant to try and win an Oscar award for its dialog. It shows how people interact with each other in a real life situation of dramatic events that will leave you wondering what will happen to the Stiles Brothers when it all ends. If you are into a story driven movie that details the actions of what a human being is capable of doing,then I recommend taking a look at this film.

Infliction is the story of two brothers,in 2011, who documented their murder spree in North Carolina. This is the actual assembled footage. The question is what prompted this spree, and why did these two brothers feel the need to document it? Well to get those answers you will have to watch this one for yourself!What I will say about is Infliction is this... Infliction is a story of failures, failures of the communities we live in, failures of the agencies put in place to help protect us, and failures of personal responsibility we all have to make things better (or worse) for the people we see every day. Its a dark look at what happens when we fail to do what is morally right because we either don't want to get involved or don't know how to through the bureaucracy of systems set in place. When you look at the film there are a lot of interesting things going on, some of which may really get under your skin, enraging and depressing you all at once. Its a well written story with a focus on the culmination of the choices made by others and the effect they had on these two brothers, not just for the day but everyday of their lives there after, how they shaped and molded them, in turn eventually setting into place the decisions that they make to exact retribution. It could easily be set in any area of the country, on any given day. Its a film that once seen, we realize we watch some portion of in every newspaper on news broadcast, almost daily, and that is part of the force behind this film and what makes it so powerful, and disturbing. I have no doubt that this is a story that will resonate with many viewers.Infliction boasts performances that are above average for small budget indie films, all the main players are easy to watch, some stronger than others, but all in all well rounded. I felt like some of the dialogue was slightly over scripted, taking away from the organic feel that you want a found footage film to have, but the story was strong enough to make it easy to look past that when it happened. Personally I found Ana Shaw to be a huge standout in this one, she is spot one. She feels very organic, delivers some stirring, raw emotional scenes, and has a very complex character that she just plays to a tee. She steals the scene when on screen with her very powerful performance, making it hard not to watch her regardless of what else is happening around her. The role played by Don Henderson Baker is also one worth special mention. He plays his part a as callous, cold and completely unsympathetic character so well I found it hard not to enjoy him in a villainous sort of way, hes just a mean cantankerous SOB that your going to love to hate.Infliction starts a little slow, but if you stick with it you are rewarded quite handsomely with a film that really comes together, answering the deep questions in a way that's a bit more twisted than you'd probably guess. The action and pace get ratcheted up at about the mid point making the last half just fly by, with consequences for our characters that are farther reaching than we could have imagined going in, and ending in cavalcade of bloodshed that was really quite well done. And once the credits roll, that's when you see the testament to the films success (or failure), because this is a film not meant just to entertain. Infliction is a film that is meant to make a statement, and only you can say whether it spoke to you, inspired a conversation, or left you reflecting on the choices you have made, or would like to believe you would make given similar moral dilemmas in your life. Just remember the choices you make when the time comes will affect generations, so make them carefully! *HeatherOmen*