| 1 | * CastTheExpert: The actors playing Le Tenia and Mick (the guy Marcus mistakes for Le Tenia) are played by professional boxers-turned-actors so they would appear physically imposing but also have the body control to not hurt their co-stars. Joe Prestia (Le Tenia) was the world champion Thai boxer three years in a row and a one-time kick boxing champion in 1993. His appearance is the result of all the beatings he took during his 85 matches. |
| 2 | * ChannelHop: From Lions Gate Films to Altered Innocence. |
| 3 | * CompletelyDifferentTitle: Released in Japan with ''[[CharacterTitle Alex]]'' as the title. |
| 4 | * EnforcedMethodActing: Monica Bellucci claims the easiest take of the rape was the first one to do, because she didn't know exactly what would happen. |
| 5 | * FollowTheLeader: Meta: an integral part of Noé finding financing for the film while pitching it was its reverse chronological form, which he said would capitalize on the popularity of the similarly experimentally-structured ''Film/{{Memento}}''. |
| 6 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/MonicaBellucci and Creator/VincentCassel, who played lovers, were married when they shot the movie. |
| 7 | * ReferencedBy: The music video for Music/Maroon5's "Maps" is a direct homage to the film, [[WordOfGod according to the band's bassist]]. It uses the exact same story cues[[note]]Boyfriend and girlfriend attend party; boyfriend gets drunk and begins getting intimate with another woman; girlfriend catches them and leaves party upset, after which she becomes the victim of extreme violence and is brutally disfigured as a result, with boyfriend only made aware of this after the damage has been done[[/note]] and reverse narrative structure, alongside very similar camerawork and graphic violence (although the girl in question is [[spoiler:hit by a car]] instead of assaulted). |
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