Review of Bruiser

Night of the Living Dead... Day of the Dead... Dawn of the Dead...The Crazies... Martin... Keep on repeating these titles in your head whilst watching Romero's "Bruiser". You'll need it in order not to lose the respect you built up for him over the years, I assure you. It's hard - almost impossible - to believe the ingenious creator of such milestones now delivered this entirely worthless piece of new- age horror junk. Henry is in his early 30's and a complete loser. His boss humiliates him, his best friend screws him over financially and his wife sleeps with about the entire neighborhood except him. He wakes up one morning being faceless… This offers him the perfect opportunity to avenge himself anonymously... The plot of 'Bruiser' isn't the least bit original and not once does Romero prove that he is superior to nowadays weak horror directors like Kevin Williamson or Jim Gillespie. The metaphors (like: is Henry really faceless?) and social comments completely miss their point, too. George A. Romero used to have the talent to shock audiences. Now, he simply annoys them to death. On paper, the cast looks good but the performances of Jason Flemyng and Peter Stormare are far below average. Stormare even acts like he wasn't interested in doing this film at all and who could blame him. Veteran horror actor Tom Atkins (The Fog, Maniac Cop) is shamelessly downgraded to the weak supportive cast. 'Bruiser' was a painful film experience and I wish to erase it from my memory as soon as possible. If you haven't seen it yet,well,don't!