Starring - Alex O'Loughlin (Whiteout, Criminal Minds), Patrick Thompson (The Road Killers, Birth of a Warrior), and Gabby Millgate (Babe: Pig in the City, Full Frontal)
Release Date - 2005
Genre - Horror/Crime
Tagline - Can you stomach it?"
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
I was an avid horror fan when I was in middle school but it really didn't take hold until I was in high school. It was at this time that I seriously started collecting. I was constantly looking for DVDs and VHS to add to my collection and a lot of those horror movies released in the early to mid 2000s are still in my collection to this day. One movie I purchased all those years ago is the 2005 Brett Leonard film Feed. I've had the DVD for years but never watched it. Honestly, I only bought it because it was super cheap and decided to add it to my collection. Fast forward a few decades and Unearthed Films sends out a press release that they are releasing the film on blu. It took me a few minutes to realize that I owned the After Dark DVD release of the film and never watched it. I took a peak at the trailer, something I rarely do, and decided to finally check it out. A few days after this I received the blu release for review and that's when I decided it was time to finally check it out.
The film follows an Interpol detective that works on cyber crimes. He finds a website catering to women overeating and suspects that the person behind it may be up to more than just fattening up women. The further he looks into it he uncovers that he also has a site where subscribers can make bets as to when the overfed woman dies. He goes against his direct orders and continues the case. He goes as far as to stalk the suspected killer and his wife and learns that much more is going on than he originally suspected.
I went into Feed knowing as much as the trailer gave away but I think it was enough to get the basic premise of the film. I typically avoid trailers and reading the synopsis on films I'm sent to review but for some reason I decided to check the trailer out for this Unearthed release. I don't think it ruined the experience for me but I wish I had knew very little about this one before diving into it. The acting in this one is very intense. The film's lead, Patrick Thompson, is very intense in his role. He is a bit overdramatic a lot of time but I really enjoyed the energy he brought to the film. The supporting cast is just as strong. We have a lot of overacting but, honestly, I liked it for the most part. The story for this one had so much potential especially for the time. Internet fetish sites and extreme sexual acts have always had a place on the internet so the story has a lot to use. When you combine that with the grotesque overeating kink and secretly betting when they die you have something that could churn the stomachs of the most hardened horror fan. However, the sickening acts committed in the film is not as effective as they could have been and the extremely long scenes filled with pointless dialogue ruins the film's pacing. Finally, the film makes use of a great looking fat suit and some gore effects that look just as impressive. However, the film doesn't have a body count and those wanting to see impressive kills will be very disappointed. Overall, Feed might have been an impressive and sickening film in the mid 2000s but it just doesn't hit that had especially if you are a life long genre fan. I wanted to like this one but I couldn't.
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