Pet

2016 "If You Love Something, Never Let It Go."
5.7| 1h34m| R| en
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A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.

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DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
GL84 After meeting a striking beauty, a lonely man trying to win her over begins stalking her to the point that he has to kidnap her and put her in a cage underneath his job only to find that she's far from normal and begins playing a series of mind games with him that put him in greater danger.This was quite a decent if highly flawed effort. One of the few areas where this one succeeds commendably is on the form of psychologically playing with the captor which runs for the majority of the film. Being able to transform from a simpering doe-eyed victim to a full-on take charge protagonist that's able to effectively manipulate his thought-process which is quite enjoyable to see play out as she's a full-on rampaging maniac throughout here. It's a change that works quite well for the film and gives this a different take than what's to come from these kinds of films where these revelations give a darker edge to the main section of the film as it has a lot to like with the various encounters found here. Coupled nicely with the brutality and gruesomeness of the gore featured here, it has a few solid elements to be featured that are enough to be watchable over the main flaws. Among the main flaws present here is the fact that this type of storyline makes it impossible to be invested in what happens. With the first half of this one so concerned with the manner of him stalking her, from the diner where she works to the confrontation at the bar with her ex-boyfriend that results in him being beaten up for a misunderstanding, none of this activity is really all that rooted in the tropes of the genre resulting in a series of bland, incredibly boring sequences that don't do anything for this type of story. It takes way too long to get to the actual horror setup here because it's going on the concept of him trying to get in contact with her through those means that aren't in the slightest bit revolving around any kind of scary action. As well, that also highlights the more important factor here in that nearly everything in this one is completely underserved. The whole idea of him capturing and kidnapping her and then holding her hostage underneath the facility is not for the slightest bit earned in any fashion, resulting only from one meeting in a bar that could've easily gone another direction had she been reasonable enough to listen to him. Instead, shortly after that one lone interaction he feels vindicated enough to drug her, drag her into a home-made steel cage and keep her held against her will inside which comes out of nowhere. Likewise, the revelations made about her through keeping her hostage are just thrown into this one at such a bizarre turn that it really feels out of place like it's a shocking turn that's unwarranted through the build-up. Even with those positives, these are enough to hold it down significantly.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
L_Copa The movie might worth a 5 but it's meaning makes it worth watching. It is kind of a psychological thriller that makes you think about humans and out instincts and behavior. The acting was pretty good and the plot good but small. It is for sure better than other horror movies but i recommend you see this alone at night.
lora-jen A very very sad movie in the end IMO, quite frustrating and absolutely no justice, only depravity. Extremely messed up 'love story' with some great twists, not a movie where you can guess where its going from the beginning, but by the first third in you can predict what will happen. A movie to leave you disgusted and depressed. A physiological horror for sure, not the slasher kind, but far more disturbing. Another movie to show that with the desired looks, you can get away with anything. Is the main character able to get the outcome hes after? Well kinda. Can be slow moving, but the twists are from left field. Great acting.
Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki If Travis Bickle ( from Taxi Driver ) worked in a kennel, and kidnapped Amy Dunne ( from Gone Girl ) , this movie would be the result. An obsessive, lonely guy runs into his girl, gets rejected by her, subsequently kidnaps her, holding her hostage in a cage in the cellar of the kennel he works in. The plot thickens, when we learn the girl is a schizophrenic, sociopathic killer, who then manipulates this nitwit to commit the murder of this film's equivalent of Scatman Crothers ( from The Shining ) . After several lengthy, ponderous lectures about love and sacrifice, the filmmakers tried for an ironic twist ending, but it's​ such an obvious twist, that one can see it coming from a mile away. It's also completely implausible, and not believable for a second.Mediocre melodrama, with bursts of violence and bloodshed, the kind of film that should have gone straight to DVD, in the early 2000s, not be shown in a cinema. I do specifically​ mean * a * cinema, as in ONE SINGLE CINEMA, for one single week, where it proceeded to make $63US opening weekend, $70US total, placing at number 149 for its sole week of release. ( Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/? page=weekly&id=pet2016.htm )Wow. Just, wow