Cause for Concern (Video 2002)

Director:

Ryen McPherson

Stars:

Donald Brennan, Donny, Rufus Hannah

Cast

Credited cast:
Donald Brennan	...	Himself
Donny	...	Himself
Rufus Hannah	...	Himself
Peter LaForte	...	Himself
Todd Richard Lewis	...	The Bumhunter

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

violence | alcoholic | exploitation | controversial | handheld camera | 

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Details

Official Sites:

Indecline Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Bumfights: Cause for Concern

Filming Locations:

La Mesa, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Indecline Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Banned in the UK for a video release. BBFC justifies this with the following statement: Bumfights - Cause for Concern consists substantially of camcorder footage of homeless people ('bums') being abused, assaulted, and humiliated. These scenes are intercut with footage of street brawls and soft pornography. Under the Video Recordings Act 1984 the Board must have special regard to any harm to those likely to view a video and to any harm to society through the behaviour of those viewers afterwards. The Act singles out particular elements as being potentially harmful including criminal behaviour and violent behaviour or incidents. The BBFC guidelines for '18' rated works state that the Board may "cut or reject... any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts which is likely to promote the activity" (page 16). The Board's guidelines for violence also state as particular concerns "callousness towards victims, encouraging aggressive attitudes[and] taking pleasure in pain and humiliation" (page 9). In the Board's view, the video breaches these guidelines by exploiting the physical and other vulnerabilities of homeless people. The Board considered the possibility of cuts. However, given the extent of the unacceptable material, cuts were not considered a viable option on this occasion.

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Connections

Referenced in Date Movie (2006)

User Reviews

Disgusting, Cruel, Inhuman

I'm a fan of shock cinema. I like digusting, gory, cruel movies that take horrible images and drive them into your skull. I also like documentries, many serving a valuable purpose in exposing issues that are often ignored.

Bumfights, however, is not a documentry. It is not "shock cinema". It is a group of inhumane monsters in their early 20's who apparently think it's a funny to attack homeless people while they're sleeping, tie them up, and spray paint them.

This is not funny--it's evidence of assault & battery.