This is a great, very suspenseful (and a bit scary) movie. I would reccomend it for MOST kids 14 & up

Story kept my interest from beginning to end. I'm a junkie for the crime-solving story.... The villian's crimes were quite gruesome, and that was a bit disturbing, and distracted me a bit. It was heart pounding, and I got into the movie. It was impossible to "solve the crime" or figure it out, due to not enough being revealed too early.

After reading many reviews, i finally decided to see how bad it was for my self. Surprisingly it wasn't as horrible as i thought i was going to be - dont get me wrong, the concept and killings are ethically horrible. But It wasn't as disturbing as i thought it was going to be, during each of the killings the FBI is watching, so it isnt pure torture just watching the actual killing, cause all of the FBI agents and everyone are working on it - making it seem less intense and disturbing. There wasnt really any gore at all, gore suggests that you see the insides of people and guts - none of that was shown. And the "disturbing" scenes dont fully reflect what they would look like in real life so it isnt really hard to watch. I wasn't really scared at all - I hate horror movies, yet i wasnt scared at all by this fyi. If you watch many movies, game a lot, and aren't too new to crime movies - this movie should be perfectly fine for you.

Great movie, if your kid saw saw this is definatly around the same violence level

i loved this movie. even though some scenes were extremely violent, it would only show a brief shot (about 5-10 seconds each of the victim being tortured and then it would go to a scene where the crime lab is watching and trying to figure out who/why/where/how/etc. if you are a fan of the saw films this should be a tame movie for you. it is less torture than saw III and saw IV, but more intense than the first two. the language in this movie, considering it is about a serial killer is very minimal. only about 3 or 4 f--ks, and about 4 or so s--ts, but thats it. no sexual content. VIOLENCE: first scene. you see the killer setting up a trap. (not very obvious what it is) but in the short, a cat dies. second bad scene. a man is kidnapped by the victim and the name of the site is carved into his chest. the cuts are only about as deep as a papercut, but a drug is injected into him that is monitered how much goes in by the more people that log onto the site. 3rd bad scene: a mans legs and hands are cemented into the ground and hot lights are turned on and bubbles grow on his skin. (burned to death). 3rd bad scene: griffin is put in a thing of water. battery acid leaks into the bucket and he dies. fourth bad scene: a video of the killers father blowing his head off. bad scene number 5: main character is kidnapped and hung upside down. almost put through a garden plow. she finds a gun and kills the murderer.

You really have to be able to take what they're doing seriously and have a stong stomach. I for one have seen this move plenty of times and enjoy it thoroughly every time. If your child isn't able to comprehend who is doing good, and if the torture is considered excessively violent and unnecessary, and that the person involved is obviously deranged, then this movie should definitely be off limits. I consider this movie a view into the lives of the FBI and what they do to keep others and themselves safe. The psychological themes of the movie really helped me think about what people will tolerate and believe, and how they respond to those things. It was scary to think that something like that is remotely possible, but also enlightening.

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A kool movie, but there is a lot of but and guts in it, and very violent