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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Pretty Good

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

If it weren't for all the grim violence this would be a hilarious picture. There are so many moments that are just patently absurd you simply have to laugh. Like when Remy (Rémy Belvaux) eulogizes both of his dead sound men using the same dialog and referencing the same woman and child they both left behind. Or when Ben's (Benoît Poelvoorde) film crew runs into a competitive team and kills them all because they had a higher end camera. The best had to be the dinner scene when Ben tries out his birthday gift holster and shoots one of the guests for presumably laughing and talking about him. Covered with blood spatter, the other guests sit shocked but otherwise nonplussed as Ben asks - "May I have some more bubbly?"It's pretty much certain you've never seen a film quite like this before. The central character Benoit is a walking and talking misfit who gradually engages his film crew into participating in his crimes. As victims are chosen at random, there appears to be little in the way of story continuity per se, the technique employed is virtually cinema verite, but with drastic results. Depending on one's disposition, the picture might be seen as glorifying violence until the viewer realizes that the writers and directors (the three main principals themselves) are demonstrating the absurd by being absurd. Thrown into the mix are some ghastly images that won't sit well with those of weak constitution, so one might well decide to forego the picture if the sight of disfigured or disemboweled bodies causes consternation.Made in 1992, I can see how this movie might have influenced later film makers like the ones who came up with 2014's "Nightcrawler". That one takes the concept of recording the news and transitions it into one where the reporter participates in the news making, while seeking out the attention, glory and remuneration it might bring. No such luck for Benoit as his career ended abruptly with a bad choice to revisit old stomping grounds. Or it may simple have been the case of a competing film maker who needed a cheap camera to work with.

This film is brilliantly put together. The test of a really good film is if you can still picture it in your mind's eye months, even years after watching it - this film works at that level for me. The subject matter is horrifying, the sheer normalcy of the way the plot unfolds and draws in the camera crew into being part of the crimes being committed is beautifully done. The way horror can seem normal to those involved in it - has all too often been demonstrated to be very true in the real world. All in all I loved this film.

I got it. I appreciate it. I just didn't enjoy it. That's not to say it's not good - just not a movie I'd be keen to rewatch.The film is gruesome. Disturbing. There's no two ways about it, you most probably will hate your eyes for not blinking while watching it. However, if you prepare yourself and go in with the outlook that the horror featured is a very important part of this film's core point (oftentimes taking over, harshly morphing into the protagonist itself), you won't be disappointed.Man Bites Dog barks a darkly comedic, flawless script, well-paced narrative, clever sociopsychological observations, and the imagery... love it or hate it, it will stay with you forever.Dare it. If anything, this is the movie that gave us lines like "Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course."

While I was watching this movie, I started to think about the 'real' documentaries that were made in late 80's and 90's, one of the documentaries which have won an Oscar, was about children selling themselves in order to earn money. I imagine, the directors also have watched these documentaries and started to ask themselves where is the line? which is a question often discussed by the documentarists. They gave a good spin to that idea and come up with making a documentary about a serial killer. The way they did is also brilliant, the acting is impeccable, except one scene all the scenes contains a humor and have a natural feel. It is really hard to believe that this movie was the first movie of the directors. I recommend you to watch it however don't expect Hollywood type motivations.