Scott LeBrun
Co-stars Alex O'Loughlin ('Hawaii Five-O') and Patrick Thompson are credited with the story concept for this fairly entertaining gross-out fare. Thompson stars as Phillip Jackson, a cybercrimes investigator who gets wind of people like Michael Carter (O'Loughlin), who take women and then feed them and feed them until they're bedridden and completely dependent on their captors. Meanwhile, websites are set up where people can check on the victims' progress, and make bets as to how fat they will get and how soon they will die. Jackson travels from Sydney, Australia to Toledo in the States to try to stop the maniac, even though he is way out of his jurisdiction."Feed" works fairly well on a visceral, gut wrenching level, although it's going to be hard for some people to watch. Not always terribly coherent, or credible, it also suffers from a "hero" who's simply not very good at his job. Nevertheless, it's gripping in its own sordid way. The performances are generally good, although the filmmaking tends to fall back on that standard herky-jerky editing too often. There are also some appropriate soundtrack choices. The effects are pretty damn gross sometimes. Judging by the opening text, it seems as if director Brett Leonard (of "The Lawnmower Man" fame) and company are using the story as something in which to wrap a commentary on the excessively poor eating habits of North Americans, as well as body image. There is a little bit of food for thought here, if one will pardon the expression.O'Loughlin is sufficiently creepy, and Thompson pretty intense. Gabby Millgate does an okay job as the not very grateful victim of the piece. Thompsons' father, Aussie icon Jack Thompson, co-stars in the role of his boss.The ending is sure to be satisfying to some in the audience.Six out of 10.
tattooedmunky75
In the last few years, Alex O'Loughlin has been all over TV in the USA, however FEED was his "Good Will Hunting". O'Loughlin helped write/create and star in this film, which I don't mind saying, caught me totally off guard. Bored and surfing Netflix one day, I happened upon this, clicked Play and spent the next few hours watching some of the strangest things I've ever seen in a movie. Of course FEED isn't studio-budget quality but then again, it wasn't a studio film. I thought the actors did great in their roles and even though I know nothing about the Feeder/Gainer lifestyle, I found them to be believable. If you can stand watching a man eat his own body parts and if you like weird, FEED is worth a watch.
Vomitron_G
...but then I watched it back in 2006 and I wrote this:"It's been a while since a movie managed to disturb and sicken me as much as "Feed" did. For that fact alone I gave it a lot of credit. The aspect of the story where an Australian cop goes to America on his own and manages to solve the whole case without almost any form of assistance, is perhaps a bit implausible, but it does provide a good set-up for the ending of the movie. With regards to what it is what he does and how he manages to get away with it. Damn solid and sick movie. Nice modern look, feel & editing to it. Extremely funny choice of music too."This sure is a movie I wouldn't mind re-watching again some day.
pigeonfighters
This film was so terrible that i actually couldn't bear it any longer, i turned it off. I'm not sure why this film has so many good reviews and an overall above average score, but if you thought it was terrible, your not alone. The acting was awful, the low budget look didn't help and the dialogue seemed to of been written by a child. The soundtrack also seemed completely out of place as they tried to squeeze as many death metal songs in, in an attempt to improve this terrible film i can only assume. What else was wrong with it? Well, what was right with it. A good idea has been sabotaged in a terrible attempt to create what i can only assume was meant to be a film? A plus side of it is, i guess, it gave off a good vibe and i was intrigued,until i turned it on.The premise of the film seemed promising but it failed to deliver and after a while i gave in and turned it off.
AD
