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Bruiser (2001)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:6

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, does what he's supposed to do. But one morning, he wakes up to find ... ...his face is... Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, does what he's supposed to do. But one morning, he wakes up to find ... ...his face is gone. All the years of acquiescence have cost him the one thing he can't replace. His identity. Now he's a blank, outside as well as in, an anonymous, featureless phantom. He explodes. Bent on revenge, he sets out to murder the people who have done him wrong. The wife who has been cheating on him for years. The best friend who has been robbing him blind. The boss who has treated him like dirt. The police pursue him, but he defies identification. Only one person gets close to him, a woman he has admired from afar. He hides his secret from her, taking comfort in her presence, but he knows that, at least for now, they can't be together. With each act of revenge, he forges a new identity for himself, reveling in the freedom that his anonymity bestows. But then... ...his face comes back. Leaner, stronger, tougher than before. It's the face of a man who has learned to stand up for himself, to follow his own rules. [More]

Starring: Jason Flemyng, Leslie Hope, Peter Stormare

Starring: Jason Flemyng, Leslie Hope, Peter Stormare

Director: George Romero

Director: George Romero
Screenwriter: George A. Romero

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Reviews for Bruiser

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02/07/01
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Never scary or suspenseful, and only succeeds at being sleazy and unpleasant. It's easy to see why this stinker never got a theatrical release.

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02/17/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Bruiser is clearly meant to operate as both a social satire and horror flick, but it's effective in neither realm.

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05/07/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The humor is vacuous and the story lacks subtlety.

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03/14/02
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It's fascinating in an overwrought kind of way, and even though it was not filmed in Pittsburgh, it's still filled with all of Romero's usual touches.

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10/23/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Bruiser may be a lightweight in the Romero canon, but he's still able to deliver the goods.

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10/29/01
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Filmcritic.com

Bruiser is very adept at getting its point across.

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01/01/00
Johnny Butane
Johnny Butane
CHUD

Dark, ugly, violent, and bleak. Fun times for all!

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04/03/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

A fairy tale worth telling for Romero who, even in his minor failures, exposes by example the dearth of significance and heart in the majority of today's lifeless knock-offs.

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12/30/01
Walter Chaw
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