Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Numerootno
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Scott LeBrun
Co-stars Alex O'Loughlin ('Hawaii Five-O') and Patrick Thompson are credited with the story concept for this fairly entertaining gross-out fare. Thompson stars as Phillip Jackson, a cybercrimes investigator who gets wind of people like Michael Carter (O'Loughlin), who take women and then feed them and feed them until they're bedridden and completely dependent on their captors. Meanwhile, websites are set up where people can check on the victims' progress, and make bets as to how fat they will get and how soon they will die. Jackson travels from Sydney, Australia to Toledo in the States to try to stop the maniac, even though he is way out of his jurisdiction."Feed" works fairly well on a visceral, gut wrenching level, although it's going to be hard for some people to watch. Not always terribly coherent, or credible, it also suffers from a "hero" who's simply not very good at his job. Nevertheless, it's gripping in its own sordid way. The performances are generally good, although the filmmaking tends to fall back on that standard herky-jerky editing too often. There are also some appropriate soundtrack choices. The effects are pretty damn gross sometimes. Judging by the opening text, it seems as if director Brett Leonard (of "The Lawnmower Man" fame) and company are using the story as something in which to wrap a commentary on the excessively poor eating habits of North Americans, as well as body image. There is a little bit of food for thought here, if one will pardon the expression.O'Loughlin is sufficiently creepy, and Thompson pretty intense. Gabby Millgate does an okay job as the not very grateful victim of the piece. Thompsons' father, Aussie icon Jack Thompson, co-stars in the role of his boss.The ending is sure to be satisfying to some in the audience.Six out of 10.
TheExpatriate700
Feed is a disturbing psychological thriller which combines gruesome special effects with unsettling character studies of both its protagonist and its villain. What could easily have been a lame "shock" movie revolving around the feeder fetish becomes a compelling thriller.The film opens with an Australian police officer on an internet detail exposing an Armin Meiewes type case of cannibalism-shown in borderline nauseating detail. He soon latches onto another case as he finds a site showing morbidly obese women being fed for sexual gratification. He soon grows obsessed with the site, suspecting something far more sinister than fetish porn.The film succeeds largely on the strength of Alex O'Laughlin's performance as Michael, the man running the site. He makes a disturbingly convincing sociopath. The police officer is also a disturbing character, with the film exploring what the clichéd "rogue cop" character would be like in the real world. The performances are complemented by excellent and disgusting special effects.The film suffers from a weak, unrealistic ending that raises too many questions. Still, if you have a strong stomach, Feed is well worth watching.
danielmartinx
Loathsome obesity porn that debases its viewers, and I'm giving it a solid 8! You find yourself having your face rubbed into the obese corpulent bodies of Deidre and watching her have food poured onto her, with dehumanizing and sickening actions abounding, all surrounded by an aura of pornographic sleaze and men suddenly dropping trouser and more penis than you were probably counting on when you walked in the door. And then more debasement and humiliation, and titillation, and the film keeps dangling (between the male nudity) the promise that you'll be given a snuff scene for a "happy ending," and -- it's all just a big sick mindgame. It's quite a sickening experience. I applaud the film's producer, director and actors. They truly gave it all.
charles000
A preliminary warning here - this film may not be for everyone.If you are a bit squeamish about various aspects of human physiology in the extreme, you might want to reconsider before viewing this item.Having said that, however, I will give credit where it's due.This is certainly one of the more original screen plays I have ever seen, and I've seen my share of quirky, fringe occupants of the horror / suspense / weird sci-fi genre'.The closest comparison that comes to mind, though it's plot and situations are quite different, is another quirky example of this sort of genre', "Hunger".Both of these films are quite terrifying and grotesque in their own way, but Feed embarks into new unexplored territory.As I said, for originality, this piece can rightfully claim to be unique, to say the least.The acting has its highs and lows, some well done, other parts a bit more . . . experimental, though the character development is interesting, particularly as it relates to the villain perpetrator's bizarre childhood which led him to his current state of depraved lunacy.And I will admit, the ending was a perfect fate, as it were, to be encountered by said villain.Parting thoughts - If you like a really, really . . . really different sort of bizarre quasi horror film with a twist, you'll definitely be entertained, though I suggest you do not want to be eating, anything, at all, while watching this . . . seriously.
