More from the review, my comments below:

I did not find Manhunt 2 particularly frightening or sickening, more like a violent interactive cartoon. But I’m used to games. As Mr. Zelnick suggested, I wanted to see how the game stood up against the latest horror films.

After visits to two Manhattan DVD stores I found an R-rated version of “Saw II.” (For “Hostel and “Saw III” I could find only the more extreme unrated cuts.) With some trepidation I put it on and the first scene was of a young man in a bleak cell being taunted to find a key by digging into his own oozing eye socket. If he does not yank out the key in 60 seconds, his head will be crushed in a spiked metal “death mask” arou...

More from the review, my comments below:

I did not find Manhunt 2 particularly frightening or sickening, more like a violent interactive cartoon. But I’m used to games. As Mr. Zelnick suggested, I wanted to see how the game stood up against the latest horror films.

After visits to two Manhattan DVD stores I found an R-rated version of “Saw II.” (For “Hostel and “Saw III” I could find only the more extreme unrated cuts.) With some trepidation I put it on and the first scene was of a young man in a bleak cell being taunted to find a key by digging into his own oozing eye socket. If he does not yank out the key in 60 seconds, his head will be crushed in a spiked metal “death mask” around his neck.

Later, after someone else is burned to death in an industrial oven, a character cuts a hole into the back of his own neck. As the camera cut in for a loving view of the gaping wound, it was clear why the genre is sometimes called “torture porn.” Unlike the digital models in Manhunt 2, these were real people.

I have to agree, movies especially these so called "torture-porn" flicks are WAY worse than video games. And they are no less aimed at the teenage crown than games are. I mean, when you put people's favorite personalities (like unfortunately for some mindless people, Paris Hilton) into movies, you make them want to see the movie, regardless of their age and if the movie is appropriate for them.

At least in a game (until games become photo-realistic) the user can see that it is jut 3d make believe. Often, done in comic-like/exaggerated styling. However in movies, the line between fantasy & reality is a little harder to distinguish as special effects can make blowing one's head off seem very very real.

Hostel, Saw, etc did not receive NC-17 or AO equivalent ratings, so why should Manhunt 2?

IMO, those movies , as well as Manhunt 2, should receive NC-17 ratings... just to make sure that parent KNOW.