"We just don't torture people like we used to."
American Mary is essentially a contemporary update of the rape-revenge genre with a side order of the body-modification scene. It has the curious, dislocated feel of a David Lynch movie, creating a scenario on the edge of society but also seemingly self-enclosed, and giving the sense that it is barely touching the edge of the world of body-modification. As the wronged medical student whose career takes a successful but disturbing turn into the underworld, Katharine Isabelle confidently creates a powerfully dissociated character who is on-screen for almost all of the film. There are some effective points raised about body image and gender politics, a very fine line is walked between body horror for the gore fans and representing body-mod in a positive way, and even if the pace is at times too deliberate and slow, American Mary is bold and interesting but not necessarily easy to enjoy.
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