Feed ( 2005 ) Netflix Review

Starring:  Alex O'Loughlin, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson, Rose Ashton, Matthew Le Nevez, & Sherly Sulaiman

Directed By Brett Leonard

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445965/


     A very strong stomach and a twisted sense of justice is needed to view this one.  I recently read a fellow reviewer's claim that Feed was nothing meant for the masses, but rather a limited target audience.  Sorry folks, but I have to call bullshit on that statement.  Yes, your typical Avatar crowd would probably turn this movie off in favor of some more typical Hollywood saccharin filled garbage, but A LOT of people would probably give Feed a chance based on the story alone.  Well, at least it would seem that way.  You never really know until you try it, right?

     Feed is the story of a Cybercrime investigator from Sydney, who happens to come upon some of the more nastier cases out there.  After a run in with some German cannibals Investigator Michael Carter almost loses it.  But after some fun filled hate sex with his off and on Prostitute girlfriend, Carter heads back to work in search of his next potential case.  What he comes across can only be described as disturbing.  A site that features women being overfed to the point of death, while everybody signed on either bets when the woman will pass away, or how big they will get before death.

      Against orders, Carter goes to America in search of the site and the person(s) involved in the possible deaths of the women involved.  What carter discovers however, is that the person behind the site is probably the last one he would suspect in such a crime.  Actually, there really wasn't any sort of crime.  Carter finds out that the women are totally consensual to what they believe is some from of love.  But as Carter soon discovers, there is MUCH more involved than love, and the substance that they are being fed is anything but ground up cheeseburgers and fries.

     I will warn you that Feed can a bit of a disturbing film.  Not like Hostel or Nekromantik kind of disturbing, but more of a nauseated feeling.  Watching women being fed  to the point of almost 700 lbs is both disturbing and very disgusting.  Especially when there is some sort of sexual feeling from it.  I often caught myself backing up the film to make sure I was seeing this correct and not imagining it.  I also expected to see some cheap ass B movie with sub par acting and terrible editing.  Not the case.  Brett Leonard should be complimented on this piece of disturbing work.

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