Martyrs

[rok]

And yes, in the middle of the torture sequence, which really wasn't that extreme, just tedious to the point of boredom, that was when I almost gave up, but I figured it was almost over and had to tough it out. I paused it, took a mental break to digest what was happening and got back into it.

I think Liner is onto something, where the director wanted to emotionally beat down the viewer so as to share in the brutal experience. It was emotional, for sure.