Frontiers is a period piece with the presidential elections of 2002 playing out in the background. Understanding at this point, France has a lot of social unrest when it comes to Naziism, and it finally comes out of the woodwork in 2002 when the country almost elects Jean-Marie Le Pen, a French nationalist leader bordering on Neo-Naziism. So rioting erupts in the country and Yasmine, her brother and 3 friends, all from the slums, take it upon them self to make a profit out of this situation by doing a heist. As the police pursue, they realize they need to get out of France and with her brother dead by gunshot wound, the four friends split up and plan to meet in the country.
What are you are seeing through out this film, is that the director himself, is a huge horror fan and so he borrows a lot from other horror films. It could be good thing or very bad thing? I thought he did very well with it.
As the two friends find a place to hide out and wait for the other two, they come upon a country hostel. What happens inside, when they get a room, is a test for survival and not wanting to end up on the kitchen table for supper! As things play out and the other two show up looking for their friends, who already have been disposed of, one by this time is hanging on hooks as if he was piece of beef! Its test of survival in endless tunnels, with the head of this clan, wanting to make Yasmine the mother of his son baby, so that the Aryan race can play on. .
Understanding that this clan, that runs this particularly hostel, is more based off of Naziism politics entwined with cannibalism and little sex here and there. Overall For his second movie, Hit man being the first, I think the director did a good job. The movie, moves right along and then it hits you, like a two ton hammer with the gore you expect from French films.