Director: Usama Alshaibi
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Exploitation
Plot:
Living together in the US, a Muslim woman working as a dominatrix alongside her friend which is complicated by the sudden influx of noises in her head driven by their lifestyle, and after learning that they may be related to the Djinn attempting to corrupt her tries to save herself.
Review:
This was a pretty solid effort that does have some issues. When it does work, this is due to the film's constant influx of shocking moments based on the idea of religious extremism being subverted with the sexuality featured here. The concept of a Muslim woman, which is so inherently conservative that there's a notable diversion away from the concept, that the very idea of this one going so heavily into the controversial idea of her being so overt with the dominatrix work and drug use is where it gets the majority of its interest. With the heavy use of nudity and over-the-top content featured here that all have a religious bent to everything, there's a fine sense of the extreme featured here.
That said, for those that don't have any kind of religious background to what's going on this one becomes incredibly dull for the most part. Very little happens in here where it's based on just watching the girls go through their relationship and engage in some kinky sexual acts involving girls in a religion that doesn't normally practice it so those that aren't interested in this matter won't have much to say about this one. Even the later half where it goes for a bit of a psychological bent involving the creatures coming to punish them for their transgressions is tacked on like an afterthought which is a bit of a shame as there's so much to be said for including it, but otherwise, these hold it back overall.
Overview: **/5
Watchable enough in certain aspects, this one does become a bit of a drag if those who don't appreciate the approach taken here as it's geared for such a niche audience that it's quite easy to decide on this one. Those who are intrigued by the concept matter are easily advised to check this out while most others who are turned off by the approach here should outright avoid it.
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