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I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

(Contains spoilers) There is a self-destructive female prostitute.There is a male sadist.The male sadist kidnaps the female and tortures her.That is all.Really, that's it.A film which contains only these 3 things could inspire the viewer to ponder the horror experienced by the victim, or the motivations and nature of the abuser. This film, however, does not. It is actually difficult to make torture boring. Humans are hard-wired for empathy (research mirror neurons if you are curious) and even fictional imagery of other humans in tortuous situations will normally cause some sort of reaction in the viewer. This film does not. The abuser and victim both are hollow. They fill their roles as if punching a clock. They are as bored as the audience. The abuser has no desire to abuse or to stop abusing. The victim has no desire to stop suffering or to continue to suffer. They are void. Though human in shape, there is no humanity in either. The film might as well be two machines screeching and banging against each other.

If you have been able to sit through "A Serbian Film" or "Murder-Set- Pieces", this movie will be a waste of time. You know, its strange that I have found many lists online of supposedly the "most disturbing movies of all time," and every single one of them include "The Bunny Game." To this day, i have not been able to figure out why. The story is relatively simple and common: a deranged trucker kidnaps a prostitute, chains her up in the back of his rig for the purpose of torturing her. The only problem is he never really DOES anything to her. The girl yells and screams all during the movie, yet not ONE DROP OF BLOOD is drawn. He puts a bag over her head and she briefly smothers. Big deal, he removes it and she doesn't die. He cuts all her hair off. Big deal. Not exactly "life-threatening." Unless i'm missing something, the one and only thing he does to her in the way of inflicting any pain is, he heats up the steel head of a hatchet with a blow torch, then briefly touches her skin with it. Of course, that hurts, but its very brief. I still don't understand why this girl screams hysterically throughout the movie. At the end of the movie, I found myself saying, "she's lucky she didn't come across Ted Bundy, then she would be dead." All in all, this movie is a total waste of time if you are expecting to see something "HORRIFIC." From the reviews and lists i've seen online, you'd think this is the most shocking movie of all time. I don't see it.

Not much plot to recount here.....dope sick prostitute Bunny attempts to turn her daily tricks with deranged trucker Hog, and the whole situation goes south even more readily than the title character.Chained up in the back of his semi, she's shaved, tortured, humiliated and dehumanized in a nearly wordless 76 minutes. No character backstory (other than some flashblacks to one of Hog's former victims), no exposition, no editorializing.While occasionally hitting on a retro stylish Floria Sigismondi style cinematography/editing in the crisp black and white, there's remarkably little to recommend here. There is no characterization(and thus very little reason to become involved or care about the titular character), and it's made clear from the beginning of the film that Bunny has no chance of relief or escape.Both of the film's non actors(Jeff Renfro and Rodleen Getsic) do a credible job of making this as visceral an experience as possible, with Rodleen deserving a trophy for sheer showbiz trooper......as she actually endured all of the injuries/burns/brands and humiliations depicted in the film. Only the drug use was simulated.However, first time director Adam Rehmeier wastes this film's strongest card.The first time you see/hear Bunny's legitimate stricken terrified screams or Hog's maniacal laughter in a maelstrom of industrial music and jump cuts, it's affecting. The fourth time a near identical set of stills/audio and jump cuts appears, it starts being annoying. By the 10th go, it's utterly boring.Amongst all of the repetition, some of the film's most haunting moments are lost in the din (Hog playing with knives outside the truck while his victim screams, the filmed playback of a crying Bunny from the in truck tripod, Bunny panting and exhausted in the desert sand in bondage restraints and the titular bunny mask).There's an excellent 35 minute short about in this mess somewhere, buried under a lot of self indulgent performance art pretensions and an overly long run time. It's a waste of the physical endurance test Ms. Getsic endured, which never should have been the most notable thing about this film in the first place, and a flood of press releases and interviews prattling on about rebirth and catharsis do not help.If you have to explain a concept after a film that's run twice as long as it should have, the director has failed in his mission of getting that subtext across visually.

Sincerely, no word in this language could help me to classify this piece of crap. I wonder why so many people in cinema industry tend to believe that showing a person suffering for two hours could be called "a story" and could end being a "script for a film"...Maybe we can discuss this question when we are talking about "The Texas chainsaw massacre" or even "Hostel"...but this is not the case. The director is pretty good. The scenes are strong. The acting is absolutely fantastic. The photography and sound are excellent. But...the story is absolutely inextistent. Just 90 minutes of boring action, repeated torments, repeated sadism...just so boring, so ... Make yourself a favor, don't loose your time watching a crazy man tormenting a young prostitute. It is useless.