Feed (2005)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Brett Leonard

Writers:

Kieran Galvin (written by) and
Alex O'Loughlin (idea)

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Can you stomach it?

Plot:

A cybercrime investigator tracks a man (O'Loughlin) suspected of force-feeding women to death.

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Male Nudity | Grotesque | Cannibalism | Porn

Cast

Alex O'Loughlin	...	Michael Carter
Patrick Thompson	...	Phillip Jackson
Gabby Millgate	...	Deidre
Jack Thompson	...	Richard
Rose Ashton	...	Abbey
Matthew Le Nevez	...	Nigel
David Field	...	Father Turner
Sherly Sulaiman	...	Mary
Marika Aubrey	...	Jesse
Adam Hunt	...	German Cannibal
Nicholas Coghlan	...	Cannibal Victim
Yure Covich	...	Hans
Connor Thompson	...	Young Phillip
Helen Thearle	...	Young Phillip's Mother
Peter Holloway	...	Young Phillip's Father

Runtime:

Canada:101 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Germany:18 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | USA:Not Rated | Italy:VM18 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

All At Once

Goofs:

Errors in geography: If you look very carefully at the opening police scene, supposed to be in Hamburg, Germany, you can catch a glance of one of the police vans in front of the house. There one can see that this vehicle has right-hand-steering.

Movie Connections:

References Fight Club (1999)

Soundtrack:

Take You Down

holy fat on a stick

Phillip, Australian cyber crime officer, searches the seedy side of the internet, seeking illicit porn and snuff sites. After his last assignment in Germany, arresting a man wanting to eat himself and his accomplice. Phillip finds a site for Feeders and Gainers, where people (the feeders) feed food to the gainers, making them overtly overweight unable to move. Running the site, Michael Carter has his latest woman to feed, Deirdre, with an abundance of food for her to beg for. Without authority, Phillip flies to America to track Michael and stop this disturbing act.

At a time when Australia is rebuilding its film industry; with great films Look Both Way, Wolf Creek, Little Fish and The Proposition, it was only a matter of time for a movie like Feed would make its way out of the woodwork. Feed is a twisted, very twisted, film on humanities consumption and the amount of food we're eating. With our society so concerned of being thin, Feed spins that notion on its head, where bigger people are more beautiful; while taking it to the n'th degree with Dedrae weighing over six hundred pounds.

Like many films of this caliber, the hallmarks of a small budget are easily seen, yet isn't that the 'charm' of these films; rough camera work, corny dialog, overblown acting and a plot that doesn't completely make sense. As Feed starts off interesting, it takes a turn for the worst. Dropping the psychological mind game Michael was playing with Phillip, Feed turns into a chase film, becoming tedious with an overly drawn out ending. Its the move into familiar, predictable territory, where it was so unfamiliar to start off with.

Like before, the acting is so overblown. Patrick Thompson's tormented cop verges idiotic, gruffing his way along. Alex O'Loughlin fails to evoke a creepy vibe for Michael. The best acting came from Gabby Millgate, donning the fat suit while repeating "Feed Me".

Does Feed put you off food, no; Morgan Spurlocks documentary Super Size Me had more of a revulsion towards food.