7 Days (2010)
AKA: Les 7 Jours du Talion
Directed by: Daniel Grou
Starring: Claude Legault (Hamel), Martin Dubreuil (Lemaire), Fanny Mallette (Sylvie Hamel), Remy Girard (Det. Mercure), Rose-Marie Coallier (Jasmine Hamel)
Country: Canada
Language: French (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:50:55
Genres: Captivity-Kidnapping, Religion, Gruesome, Old-Young, Family, Violence against Men, Revenge, Torture
Plot – Spoilers:
The young daughter of a successful surgeon Hamel is raped and murdered while out distributing invitations to her upcoming birthday party. Though the killer is found within a week, Hamel just can’t get over the brutal loss, especially when he feels there was an outside chance he might have been able to prevent it.
So before the killer Lemaire can be produced in court, Hamel decides that justice served by the law is just not good enough…
7 days is a wonderfully exhausting experience in revenge and its effects on the perpetrator and throws up confusing questions about morals and principles.
Sad, horrific, brilliant. A nightmare no one can wake up from. This has to be one of the top films on the site.
loved it
Contre-enquête (2007) is way better
I just watched “Contre-enquête” (2007) and it is an excellent film but to compare it to “7 Days” isn’t right. The only things these two movies have in common are that young daughters get raped and murdered, revenge is involved and they speak French. The focus in “7 Days” is torture and the psychological effects it has on the torturer. The focus in “Contre-enquête” is manipulation of the justice system to get real justice, hence the title “Counter Investigation.” Both movies are very good but miles away in focus and execution.
When I saw that Laurent Lucas starred in “Contre-enquête” I knew the film would be good. If you have not seen the film starring Laurent Lucas called “Alleluia” (2014) I would highly recommend it because that movie is really EFFED UP!
I expected a better movie 🙂 Disappointing
Contre-enquête (2007) is a better version of this though
BIG TIME SPOILERS IN THIS COMMENT:
The production, filming, editing, and directing are top notch. There is no music in the movie whatsoever which really benefits the film.
It starts out very strong with a horrific brutal murder. When Dr. Hamel sees the creep that killed his 7 year old daughter on the news you can feel the hate. The kidnapping of the perp is brilliant and when Hamel gets him to the torture room there is high expectations. The torture is good at first. Then Hamel turns in to a wishy-washy republican and can’t pull the trigger at the moment of truth like a cold-hearted democrat would. We all saw what the creep did to his daughter then Hamel goes soft on the perp? Plus the scene when he kidnaps another victim’s mother should have stayed on the cutting room floor (although I kind of like that part too).
Wait a minute. Another way of looking at it is that Hamel let the creep live with no balls and a new asshole in his stomach, which is probably the worst torture of all. This movie is great. 5 stars.
Rather disappointing… canadians were so creative with coming up with war crimes in ww1 but couldn’t come up with anything better to torture a fucking murderer pedo rapist?? And he couldn’t even kill him in the end, fuck this, was alright for the 1st 50-60 min but then it’s shit.
Why the women with picture avatars and commemts in this website look like bar whores or skanks and try to behave like pro-critics all the time. This place attracts the wrong kind of people
Either you’re an unattractive female, or a creepy dude, both of who don’t have much going for them. Jealousy must be hard for you to accept
Sorry, you surely inferred why ‘do’ the women right? Skank would definitely be your realm, so it’s best you hide away
This movie never gets old. I could watch it over and over definitely on my top 15 list. My only complaint is that I wanted more torture he’s a surgeon for Christ’s sake get creative. I wanted teeth pulling, the ripping off of finger and toe nails, his lips cut off, branding with a hot iron and ass sewn closed since the new asshole was put elsewhere lol only makes sense
My thoughts exactly
he should have shitted on a plate and gave it to that animal or dog food or cat food XD
hi.best film for watching
Good movie but ending was bad and useless
Yea, the ending annoyed me too
Great movie, could of used longer torture scenes. Overall a strong 4.5
Good movie, recommend the watch but not if you are looking for torture porn…
Is really hard to stomach but less for the torture scenes and more by the pain and suffering from the father (great actor). The end felt a bit disappointing (I guess everybody wanted things to go extreme) but nonetheless nice movie!
Beautiful… but I have to agree with everyone else here, there could be so much more pain inflicted. also rape penalties are extremely low worldwide
All you idiots are missing the point of the movie. If you just want to watch some fictional mo being pretend-tortured, watch an August Underground movie and change the narrative in your mind
Some elements are akin to the film titled ‘Prisoners’, another of Villeneuve’s pièce de résistance. It features Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman, both actors were impetuously and exceptionally absorbing, confronting and unrestrained performances.
What???!!! You think you are a movie critic??? Jeez…
everything about this movie is just very amazing, respect
Should’ve started by chopping off his sick lil weener ????
Brutal
Dans le genre, et en bien plus haletant je trouve; il y a “la jeune fille et la mort” (titre de Schubert) avec Sigourney Weaver et Ben Kingsley. C’est l’histoire d’une femme, traumatisée par les tortures infligées durant son incarcération pendant la guerre en Amérique du sud, elle vit recluse avec de son mari. Ils sont vraiment au milieu de nul part. Un soir, son mari fait venir à la maison un type qui à eu un problème de voiture. Elle, d’une autre pièce, entend la voix du mec, et ai persuadée qu’il s’agit de son bourreau de l’époque. Son mari ne l’a croit pas, le mec ne comprend rien… Et ça part dans tous les sens. Vraiment pour ceux qui ne l’ont pas vu, regardez le! Collabo, bourreau ou juste victime? (thank traductor) In the genre, and much more breathless I find; there is “the young girl and death” (title of Schubert) with Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley. It is the story of a woman, traumatized by the torture inflicted during her incarceration during the war in South America, she lives as a recluse with her husband. They really are in the middle of nowhere. One evening, her husband calls a guy home who has had a car problem. She, from another room, hears the voice of the guy, and I persuaded that it is about his executioner of the time. Her husband didn’t believe her, the guy doesn’t understand anything… And it goes all over the place. Really… Read more »
A good revenge film that focuses on the morals of seeking revenge and how it effects you. Solid, but nothing exceptional and (imo) other revenge films have done it better. Fantastic revenge films on EUM to watch being Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and I Saw The Devil. This film, 3.5/5 sledge hammers
It was good
Thank you effedupmovies moderators for you hard work to bring these original good movies ????
Amazing film. Now I may be no movie expert or what have you but I am a masochist and that chain scene was pretty epic. Not to mention if you’ve ever been raped or some one you love has been raped and you only dream about the opportunity to retaliate this will most certainly is an orgasm waiting to happen for you so please enjoy!
You’re weird
I gave it a 5-star, for the pace of the movie, for no melodramatic music or exaggerated emotional expressions… I just think that the victim’s father is sloppy & lenient in punishing the criminal, he could’ve finished him off but his emotions got the best of him…When the rapist is released from the prison one day, he’s going to exact revenge on the wife, and he still has his hands to molest children, the father should’ve amputated the rapist’s arms as well.
Yeap.. good.. not Wow great but a good watch and definitely a moral compass point check for any parent or decent human being . Enjoyed it
I didn’t think this movie deserved 4.5, I would give it 3 stars at best. Still really appeciate you at
EUM
This movie is very similar to a the skin I live in 2011
This reminds me of another film I’ve seen. It was about these parents whose daughter was raped and killed. Both of them decide to take revenge against the killer and capture him while the prison is transporting him. They run the prison van off the road, and find two prisoners inside. One of them was arrested for some white-collar crime like tax evasion, and the other was their daughter’s killer. They take the person they think is the killer to a house in the woods and torture him for around a week. In the end, they find out that they caught the wrong person. They were torturing the white-collar criminal. Does this film sound familiar to anyone? I think cannot think of the name to save my life.
The Tortured (2010)??
That’s it. I didn’t remember it having Bill Moseley in it, so I looked over it when I was trying to find the movie. After you said something, I looked up the trailer, and found it was The Tortured I was looking for. Thanks.
I was really looking forward to seeing this pedophile suffer but this is just vanilla.
Another great French movie. Love these revenge type films of which there are plenty but this one was better than others, it felt more real and suspenseful. Recently watched ”Hate Crime” (also on this site) and thought it was pretty tame considering all the controversy about it. In other words it was weak as piss. Wanted to leave a comment on it only to find the comment section shut down due to some dickwads tossing around racist shit and abusing other commenters and rightly so.
I did not write this comment. Someone is impersonating me and I wish they would stop. Yes, I do eat shit often and I jack off to gay torture porn but that is no reason for someone to steal my identity. What is this world coming to when people are allowed to live in your head rent free. I’m taking a stand and making a new club – The Shit Eaters Club – and we will not tolerate imposters.
OK – I’ve had just about enough of this. Zed Man may be a moronic petulant teenager who has knee-jerk reactions and exaggerated emotional outbursts, but to say that he eats shit and jacks off to gay porn is going too far. Why not just give it out straight?
Fuck you – a concerned friend. You should mind your own beeswax. I’m the REAL Zed Man – not some phony imposter. I do eat shit and violently jack off to gay porn and, yes, I am giving it out straight. Stop trying to meddle in my business. I do have moronic knee-jerk reactions by that is my concern – NOT YOURS!
probably because “Hate Crime” was absolutely horribly acted. Z-grade actors crying without tears, holding their barely-roped wrists up to their chests
Great movie. One of my favorite parts of the movie is the very last word Dr. Hamel says at the end. Very well acted, no music at all (which adds to the realism) but a very sad movie. Within the first 12 minutes I burst in to tears and I did so at the end too.
Even though he raped and murdered a little girl it’s still hard to watch.
So youre saying even though he raped and murdered a little girl its hard to watch? Sounds like you’re a pedo.
That’s what I was thinking. It looks like this person is into cheese pizza.
What an absolutely pathetic response
Great movie!
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Fantastic film!
Revenge is, in fact, a dish best served cold. Much colder than what this pussy did to him. Mediocre and vanilla, in my opinion.
Incredible movie, so sad
People who watch this film often disregard the aftermath of Dr. Hamels actions. He is going to be tried and convicted, not just for kidnapping Lemaire, but also the mother of the other victim. Not to mention the attempted murder, assault, and to a lesser extent breaking and entering and destruction of property. Lemaire will probably have his sentence severely reduced due to the pain he suffered due to the failure of the justice system. All in all, the good doctor did more harm than good in the long run in that he suffers, the mother is traumatized, his wife is alone, and the killer gets off easy. That being said, it is arguable that the colostomy evens the score between Hamel and Lemaire. But not for the rest.
Certainly not for the girl.
Disappointing and not convincing. Most grieving parents in his situation would have been much more creative and made each of those 7 days count. No remorse. No pity.
exactly! I’m not a parent and even I was thinking of much worse things he could do to make this pedophile suffer. He deserved so much worse!
What do you know about it? Are you a grieving parent? You know what happened when we all find out that my dad was a pedophile? That a girl was abused in our family and there was 5 guys built like football players grieving? Nothing man. He wasn’t beaten, he didn’t go to prison, everybody froze in pain and it shattered the family for decades. Life is not a movie.
So what you’re saying then is that those who talk don’t know and those who know don’t talk. That’s always made sense to me, but the world we live in is full of people that are always ready to offer an opinion on things that they haven’t a clue about. That’s why I fucking hate people that always say shit like “They Should pass a law against…They should torture to death…They should blah blah blah”. whenever you hear that, you know that you are listening to a sheep that’s on auto-pilot stupid and desperately wants to be led.
Agreed
Thanks for your post too, Martin, an uncommonly frank and non-egotistical and truthful account of real life
Good film and fantastic acting sad story
I think that the concept is great and has a perfect actors to do it, but… they might be more creative and did more things at the torture, is the only thing that i can call bad in this film.
This movie has always stuck with me. Seen it three times now. Perfect for this site. Highly recommended. [SPOILER] Watching him read what that medicine is about to do him, then seeing his terrified face just go slack… and the single tear that falls down his numb face as his insides are violated – Jesus, it gives me chills just thinking about it. It really makes you think about morality and revenge.
Good, worth watching.
Good.
Seeing the daughter like that was incredibly disturbing. Especially since I hadn’t expected her to be that young.
It was good. Great performances, but the movie overall, I personally did not feel anything about it was amazing.
No. Performance was not impressive. Certain executions were flawless, however reliant on luck rather than understanding of crew (ex: near end – scene begins 19:25 remaining – he smug laughs after looking at the criminal).
I can’t believe the courage (read: stupidity) of the actor portraying the bad guy to associate such horrible traits/ideas (i.e. his transgressions in the film) to his (real) face in the context of this movie. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that “crème de chantilly” sounds very nice and so it is.
What? Your comment is hard to make sense of!
absolutely amazing film. I haven’t been this emotionally invested in something that could be considered a horror movie before. thank you effedupmovies
Wow this movie is pretty crazy.
Good one
this is a movie which lgbtq-activists would hate.
simply because they are biggest pervert animals on this planet XD
stfu
you shut the fuck up you retarted human animal lover!!!! F faggot!!!
svhwewgw. and one day they will burned and be tortured in hell for all eternity!
you believe in hell? grow up mate. you are too young to be on this site. nothing but immature and uneducated comments. quite pathetic really. id advice seeking help for the clear mental toll this site is doing to you. Some European countries are also against LGBTQ folk but will happily encourage raping an animal. that’s the true sick shit. what goes on between consenting adults in their business and has nothing to do with you. If there is a hell it wont be for who people are but for how they treat others. you think you will get into heaven when you are threatning people online in the comment section while showing nothing but your own small minded, uneducated, prejudiced opinions. the movie is about heterosexual relationships. stop pulling hateful shit out your ass for the sake of it. its pathetic mate. absolutely sad and pathetic.
Swedenborg wrote about his experienes of visiting hell and heaven. He was taken there by his angel guides. It is in fact an interesting take on life-after-death because according to him people get to choose who they are most comfortable to spend eternity with and those who are not so godly live further away from the light but amongst equals. He also states that you may be met by a family member to acclimatize but they may not wish to be in you company for long. Many people may experience a type of hell by having to live eternity with others from this place. As for LBQ++ and rape of animals maybe you could list the european countries you are alluding to. Most have strong laws against predudice of LBQ++ and only a few allow animal sex. Hungary, Romania and Finland are the only ones that allow animal sex or at least have no law against it. Japan too is supposedly o.k. with animal sex (no law against it) and is said to be LBQ++ adverse yet it seems reasonably tolerant to me. The trouble being that people want to have human rights issues in statute and that reverses natural law. In the UK you used to be able to do anything as long as it was not banned. Now because of human-rights you can only do what is prescribed. Human-rights laws actually take away peoples freedoms yet the main push is for more of this stuff to happen. The… Read more »
you really just asked me to give examples of the places I’m talking about as if I’m lying however then gave real examples yourself so you clearly know of this issue. what do you think human rights are? being able to breathe? it stretches far more than that. For someone straight to comment on LGBTQ issues is like a white man in the UK deciding the fate of Black woman in Africa. (in other words, what the f do you know?) stay in your lane if you are simply brining immoral pain and misery into others lives. Cant believe some “Men” are so triggered by two consenting adults they cry like children online comparing them to animals and perverts. woman take it up the ass too. straight men like it up their ass by their wife. everyone has their own kink. long as its consenting adults I don’t see the problem. I think it says more about the sad person taking issue with it, than the people moving on and enjoying their lives. When you choose raping an animal over another adult who is consenting that’s is sick and disgusting.
reverses natural law? get off your cheap throne mate. homosexual activity is seen in nature all over the animal kingdom. it just happens. there isn’t a potion or anything that makes people homosexual. You know what is not natural and isn’t seen in the animal kingdom though? Paedophilia. maybe an adult animal will eat a baby animal but will not be having sex with it.
sexually abused children are usually the victims to straight men
Really. There was me thinking the pope had to appologise for systematic abuse by his flock over decades. Lets not forget the boy-scout movements.
Yes, lets ignore all the abuse of children by non-straight men and women because somehow they just did not have the stamina.
Some research paints a very different picture to what you say but lets remember an abused child is an abused child and it really does not matter what the sexuality of the abuser is.
if you pay attention to the comment you will see the reason for it. The person implied that LGBTQ activist would hate this movie because it contains a paedophile. paedophile isn’t an LGBTQ thing. Some straight pedo men hate gays too. how you can touch a little girl but wanna fight two grown loving men really shows how messed up some people mentally are. LGBTQ and paedophiles have no correlation. It is a fallacy created by homophobic people to scare uncertain people into agreeing with them. Similar to how trump compares Mexicans to thieves and rapists in order to “keep them away”. these are simply offensive in factual stereotypes with no educated studies
Come on, tell us your pronouns, you know you’re dying to…
if I was dying to I would have told you already. Id sooner say you are desperate to know my pronouns considering you are encouraging me to tell you them. I’m not the neon dyed hair, piercing snowflake you are thinking of. I happen to be pretty ordinary. I just don’t judge others based on their identity. I’m above that.
Pedo is most certainly part of the lgb++ thing. That is why PIE was considered ok by the labour party UK. You may not wish that bunch in the community but as everyone is invited they tagged along.
Pedos will and do use any means possible to get to children and being a rainbow theif is just one.
I accept pedos and poofs are seperate groups but under the banner of anything goes you open up the invite to all-sorts.
what planet are you on mate? the conversation ends at consenting adults. paedophilia is not a sexuality. its a crime. like I said before. paedophiles can be just as ignorant and homophobic as yourself therefore having no correlation. I’m sorry but if that’s really what you think then you are a moron. Rainbow thief? mate you’re a joke. stop trying to convince people its in the same bracket. after all, its straight people that raise the paedophiles as obviously homosexuals cant have children together. Just like barren women. this doesn’t mean that barren woman are LGBTQ like your logic implies. Who even says “poofs” anymore. “under the banner of everything goes” – do you understand how uneducated this sounds? its not everything goes. i thought you would have gotten the message considering this is around the 5th time i have said this but.. IT ENDS AT CONSENTING ADULTS. there is no P in the LGBT. There are no animals either. your offensive fallacies are simply convinced from your own very small mind
the Labour party isnt an LGBTQ organisation. That point is redundant. LGBTQ folk have multiple political views. some even love trump. nothing you have said stand any educated background.
noticed have i never mentioned “all child victims are only abused by straight men” i said most which is the truth unfortunately, sad that its a problem at all but to use childrens sexual abuse for your anti LGBTQ rant is wrong, trust me i dont ignore sexual abuse do by none straight people at all, but again to call gay people pedos is disgusting, just because you dont agree with their identities, do better.
hahah you cracked me up dude XD i hate all these perverts
myself XD
yes because two same sex adults is the same thing as a child and an adult. comparing things only work if they are comparable. there is nothing LGBTQ about this movie. Its a man on a female girl. That’s not LGBTQ. aside from sick that’s heterosexual. a paedophile can be straight/gay/bi or whatever therefore comparing simply shows your own personal hatred with the LGBTQ community. To save yourself further embarrassment I would recommend educating yourself on subjects before you speak about them. There is nothing remotely LGBTQ in this movie. its completely heterosexual. opposite sexes. Why not comment about the gypsy traveller community which not only also hate LGBTQ folk but in fact encourage paedophilia. girls literally leave school to get married. no one cares though because they are heterosexual. now that is something effed up.
..lgbtq community…? As if they all get together and have tea with each other. Many of them hate each other and rarely frequent the same places of friendship.
if you don’t understand the term community don’t use it. many of them hate each other? delusional mate.