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(2000)
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(2000) |
A man who cannot stand up for himself--not to his foul boss, nor to his adulterous wife--wakes up one day to find an irremovable mask over his features. His human face hidden even from himself, he begins to exact revenge.
Subgenres: social commentary, murder
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare
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It's kind of sad when horror tripe of all kinds makes it to the big screen in the US, and the latest work of a legendary director is relegated to a video release. Bruiser is an efficient, if not deep, statement on the facelessness of the average person in a world of billions. It works its argument in just the right way, giving us time to get a feel of who the characters are, then playing around with them. It's at that point that things go a little wrong. Although Romero keeps the plot from descending into slasherdom, he seems to lose sight of his protagonist, whose nature and state of sanity seem to shift from scene to scene. I found myself thinking that some of the choices he makes don't fit, especially the one that lands him where he is at the end of the film. (And speaking of the end of the film--actually, let's not speak of the end of the film.) A modest, vaguely bitter taste of what Romero's capable of--I'll wait for The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. (Jan 24, 2002) | ||||||
