Pig (2010)

Pig (2010)
aka: Adam Mason's Pig
Director: Adam Mason
Writer: Andrew Howard, Adam Mason
Cast: Molly Black, Guy Burnet, Andrew Howard
Pig plays out scenario after scenario of increasingly violent acts, ranging from merciless physical beatings, disembowelment, cannibalism (both willing and forced), and severe degradation, as blood and other body fluids flow with trashy, humorless, sadistic glee. There is nowhere to turn in this film, no relief, no mercy, no hope.

British genre director Adam 'Broken, Devils Chair' Mason's expirimental assualt on American psycho movies. It's filmed in almost one continous shot (heard its between 2 or 3 cuts at most). Seems the current trend/buzz among film makers these days is to shoot a film without having any noticable plot. Pig on the surface is the same, we follow actor Andrew Howard as a psychopathic redneck for an hour and half through brutal killings, rapes, torture, insults and a cannibal meal complete with white wine.

The film appears to carry no agenda whatsoever yet deeper down as it progesses towards its offbeat final (and with the cock sure radio chat show bluring out) it becomes clear that its a study on mans misogynistic behaviour towards woman and our nihilistic behaviour in general towards our fellow man. I wouldn't exactly call it clever, but the message is still there. To sum it up Andrew Howard does a fantastic acting job as the lead, the film itself is shot really nicely but the content is trashy, boring and hard to stomach throughout. Noble attempt at doing something extreme and different, but one that for me didn't achieve its aim.

(6 out of 10)