Product Description

BETRAYED BY EVERYONE CLOSEST TO HIM, HENRY AWAKENS ONE MORNINGTO DISCOVER HE HAS LOST HIS IDENTITY, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. NOWA FEATURELESS PHANTOM, HENRY SETS OUT ON A BLOODY RAMPAGE OFREVENGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN HIS HUMANITY.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45418 in DVD
• Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
• Released on: 2001-10-09
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 99 minutes

Amazon.com
After an eight-year hiatus, George Romero makes his long-awaited cinematic return with the visceral Bruiser, a savage and unsettling take on Kafka's The Metamorphosis as a Death Wish revenge fantasy. Jason Flemyng stars as an emotional doormat who, ground down by years of abuse by his boss (Peter Stormare) and humiliation by his wife, wakes up one morning to find his face missing. He's the ultimate anonymous man, and he's mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Painting his masklike visage like a tribal warrior, he hunts down and kills his tormentors. Romero takes an odd pleasure in Flemyng's perverse self-help campaign, as if his savage explosion is some form of primitive personal growth. Lacking the irony and complexity of Romero's best work (Dawn of the Dead, Martin), Bruiser turns into little more than a sophisticated revenge picture with inspired moments of black humor. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

ROMERO RETURNS!!! A Kinder, Gentler Romero...
After eight years, Romero returns. This movie, was of course, NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. Not from George...

However, I enjoyed the movie as it is a odd mix of Kafka's The Metamorphosis meets Joel Schumacher's Falling Down with Michael Douglas.

Poor, meek, downtrodden Henry Creedlow finally wakes up & realizes that human beings are treating him like crap. He has hallucinations during these bad times about doing the things, and bad things they are, to the whole, insensitive human race.

Henry is getting screwed by life & he ain't gonna take it anymore! He wife is screwing his megalomaniac & sexually charged boss, his best friend in the world is screwing Henry, GEEZ, does this guy get a break? Even the hired help is screwing poor Henry, strangers on the street are rude & the yippy pampered family poodle treats him with contempt!

Until...

Henry gets some HUGE cojones, with the aid of a white mask replacing his face. Thus, making him the ultimate in an anonymous killers.

Speaking of killers... There is an excellent soundtrack and appearance by The Misfits in an ultimate, hedonistic head banging, party scene.

This isn't REALLY a horror movie, per se. It is a quietly crafted and sophisticated revenge of the downtrodden picture that I really and truly enjoyed!

Happy Watching!

Overlooked and Misunderstood
This movie really doesn't get the credit it deserves, as it isn't the typically visceral fare we've come to expect from Romero. Instead, "Bruiser" is a thoughtful, intelligent, slowly paced film that forces you to search for meaning on your own. If you've missed this one, definately pick it up. It is well worth your time.

Slippery Pete in his best work since the Frogger Episode
George A Romero is a well known master of the horror genre. He also happens to have a big fan in Sid for a few reasons. The first would be the childhood enjoyment he's given us and Santa with the Tales from the Darkside tv series. Next would be Creepshow & the cherished Creepshow 2 which opened up the door to the work Pancho. The guy pumps out some classic works that are always fun to watch which is what brings us to tonights review. This film called Bruiser came out in 2000, the year of the classic cruise, and really packed a punch for Sid.

The film starts out with a nice guy named Harry who pretty much gets abused by everyone in life. He has a wife that just uses for his money, a "best friend" who rips him off, and a boss (Slippery Pete) who bashes him non-stop. The final icing on the cake comes when he finds his wife cheating on him with his boss. When he wakes up the morning after he has a white face that looks like a mask, hiding his true identity. From this point on you see a different Harry whose purpose is to get revenge. And he get this! It's a classic tale of the nice guy hitting his boiling point on simply going ape***t.

Bruiser isn't the best horror film you will see, but it is pretty darn good. It's not scary but definitely has the suspense/revenge thing going on. By far it's another solid work from Romero with a great storyline and the perfect ending.