The Lost (2006)

Very well executed

To me, this movie is perfection.

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

People are voting emotionally.

Man, this movie is really something. Where do I begin? Do I start with the two dumb girls in the beginning that deserved to die? Or that stupid pregnant woman who got stabbed in the back? There's just so much humor in this movie that I can barely fit it all into one review. I mean, the violence here is so freaking funny! I love to see a pregnant woman and her fetus die just like anybody else, but the way she and the baby are killed is just so hilarious! Every death in this movie will have you busting a gut. Literally! When you realize that babies are completely useless and that pregnant women are only good for killing and getting kicked in the stomach, you'll see how funny this movie is! I believe this is a great family film to watch with the kids. They can learn how to properly murder pregnant girls and rip out their fetuses and kill them. That would be great if every kid was taught how to do that. Oh, and the screams from all the other women are pretty funny too. It's pretty funny to see the look of terror on their face as they watch the killings happen. I only wish there was more rape so I could laugh at that too. So, in conclusion, this is a great film to watch if you absolutely hate babies, like I do. If you wish they would all die, you have to watch this film. You won't be disappointed!

Teenager Ray Pyle, having murdered two girls without consequence (his companions being successfully browbeaten into terrified acquiescence) eventually gets to the point where he goes on a murderous rampage.Allegedly based on two real-life cases, this film starts and ends with fairly savagely violent sequences with a long and seemingly endless central section in which Ray takes drugs, pursues an active sex life and behaves generally unpleasantly. I suppose that for gore fans there is a lot of gore in the closing section, but it is uncomfortably close to real life which makes it difficult to be emotionally isolated - it is more real life than fantasy horror.There is good acting here though I felt that Marc Senter, as Ray, overacted horribly, not to mention being possessed of an enormously distracting mole on his cheek. There is also some directorial style which makes the low budget stretch further than one might expect. There is also a prodigious amount of bad language.And I dare say I mentioned the extremely boring central section.

OK. I saw all of these glowing reviews on IMDb and thought I'd rent it from Netflix. I was not disappointed. I'm not going to write a lengthy introspective essay on how well this film worked...it just did.I honestly thought that the actor portraying Ray Pye was not just good, but phenomenal! Yeah, he was. I could see that he had nailed this part from the get go. If you took Anthony Perkins and bolted on double turbo chargers, he still wouldn't have come close to this portrayal of a young man losing himself to his own mind.The Lost's lead actor was by far the best example of psychosis I have seen on screen--ever! Ray Pye's slow mental breakdown had my heart rate on full throttle. The scenes of violence were depicted in such a way that it was believable.The only flaw in this film was it's length and even that is arguable. All in all, this movie was very very well made and I whole heartedly recommend this to anyone. Warning: you may rip the arms of your seat off!

"The Lost" is basically a character study of a hot-headed loser named Ray Pye who gets away with the double murder in the prologue,then goes about his life filled with sex and drugs for nearly two hours of screen time before erupting into a homicidal orgy of violence for the final act.Ray puts crushed beer cans in his shoes to make himself look taller.As if this were not enough,a later scene underlines Ray's essential wimpiness when he converses with a convicted felon at a drug party.The most intriguing fact is that beautiful girls find him attractive as they fell for his bad boy charm.Ketchum drew the character of Ray Pye from the real-life figure of convicted serial killer Charles Schmid,who killed three girls,all in their early teens and buried their bodies in the desert.Marc Senter is very believable as Ray and the climax is bloody and disturbing.8 out of 10.