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the dynamic and subsequent disintegration of the relationships between the members of the "good" family were realistic and riveting to watch.


I felt the same. The weird flipside town was something to behold. The mutants aren't just cavedwellers this time-- they have their own ramshackle Main Street. It's interesting how Aaron Stanford as the son-in-law (who I though did a fine job) is sort of feminized for being urban and a Democrat (No!), but it's gun-wielding Big Bob who's the first to die, leaving the so-called lesser man to fight for the family. There isn't the same attempt to physically distance Ruby from her family this time like in the original. There, I always assumed she wasn't really their child but had been "adopted". She is clearly one of them in terms of her physiology in this version, but she's still a mutant among them because she's the lone objector to all the killing. The soundtrack is very effective and compliments the feel of a Spaghetti Revenge Western that the final third of the film takes on.
"Pass me through your fingertips/Throw me down like an old rag/I'm not standing/Don't look back/Are you human or a dog?"