The Bunny Game (2010)

My rating - 6.5/10

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A young protitute addicted to drugs and alcohol wanders a city looking for customers so she can get money for her next fix. She takes a ride with a truck driver only for her life to take a savage turn for the worst.

Filmed in B/W this slice of nastiness is infamous for the fact that all the torture you see here was done for real on camera, including two instances of branding with an hot iron. As such it's low on gore but high on sexual and verbal abuse that will definitely not be for everyone. The acting from the truck driver is good, in fact he's often too realistic for comfort and the lead actress really gives it her all, and when she finally breaks down at the end she said in an interview that there wasn't any acting needed during those scenes. Check out some interviews with her to find out why she wanted to go through all this, but it's pretty harrowing stuff!.

I liked this more than a lot of people seem too but some of the editing choices really get on my nerves after a while. There's quite a bit of hyper fast editing and shaky camerawork which all seems totally pointless and does ruin what could have been some intense scenes, not that there isn't plenty of those left anyway!. Approach this one with caution if you're not already comfortable with transgressive, extreme cinema.

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