This is a simple straight forward film. Two pretend paramedics kidnap young people and harvest their organs for big money as a service. The get a hold of Cindy (Jenice Marshall) who reminds them of their sister Hope, which you pretty well figure out the details from the photos before they reveal it. Cindy is kept in a room and seduces Jeffry (Brian Landis Folkins) the less intellectual of the brothers. Corey (Joe Bocian) is the brains of the operation and clearly has issues as Cindy tries to turn Jeffry against Corey (she tells us this early on).

The feature was shot mostly in one room. The plot was simple with the expected ending. They dissect people while conscious. Plenty of organ effects. Fans of real horror might not find the film as enjoyable as fans of soft core.

Guide: F-word, sex, rape, nudity (Jenice Marshall +) 7 sick stars

Two twisted brothers, who had both had an incesteous relationship with their late sister, pose as paramedics. They listen in on and respond to 911 calls but instead of giving medical assistant they remove victims' organs to sell on the black market. I read no reviews of Paramedics before watching it and it got off to a promising start, with gore, nudity and amusingly bad acting. Then the brothers respond to a second call,a young female hiker (played by Jenice Marshall, who sheds her clothes numerous times throughout) with a twisted ankle. And this is where the film just plummets. They kidnap her and hold her captive in their crude operating theatre, subjecting her to physical and sexual abuse. This had potential but sadly it's her ridiculously unbelievable relationship with her captors and the sheer boredom that kills this movie. Most of the running time is in this one room and the film is mainly about the triangle between the brothers and their victim, just so incredibly boring. I think the makers attempt some black humour but there is too much bad taste here (girl, "Is it rapey time again?). The end thankfully does perk up but it's too little, too late. Just FFWD to the gore and nudity senes!

Paramedics otherwise known as bodies was such a hugely pleasant surprise and it simply wasn't even remotely what I expected.

With the gory opening credits I expected a thorough gorefest and perhaps a degree of "Torture porn" but I was mistaken, this is something altogether different.

The film tells the story of two brothers, one a sociopath, the other autistic. They run a business together which involves pretending to be paramedics, drugging people and harvesting their organs for the black market.

Things get complicated for them when they take a girl who they both grow a fondness for and a game of wits begins as she races to escape before her uses expire.

The cast are great, 3 unknowns who really take their characters and make them their own. The mentally handicapped, the unhinged sociopath and the stalwart determined heroine.

The film isn't as gory as I expected but certainly isn't for the faint of heart. Paramedics deals with some pretty hardcore themes including rape, necrophilia genital mutilation and incest and considerably more graphic than you'd imagine.

If you can stomach the unpleasantness you have a very well constructed thriller that had me gripped.

The Good:

Fascinating little thriller

Excellent performances

The Bad:

Some shoddy editing

Does make for some uncomfortable viewing in places

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Thats two movies lately about killer paramedics, next time I get hurt I'm walking!

Expecting a tied up person to help is a bit of a needless guilt trip

Bread & butter pudding is better with raisins