Directed by: Adam Rehmeier
Released: 2010
when a film (that isn't a porno) opens with an unsimulated act of oral sex, complete with "the finish," you know you're in for something good.
"the bunny game" isn't a film so much as it is a work of art. there's a very small plot: bunny, the drug addicted, homeless prostitute is just trying to get by. after we're shown several instances of exactly how she's treated by her johns (i'll give it away, they don't treat her too nicely) she meets hog, a truck driver, who kidnaps and tortures her for days. that's basically the story. but this film isn't about story, really. it's an exercise in extremes. when you view it, you feel like you want to look away... you feel like you probably should look away, but you can't. the brutal, sadistic violence in this film is second to none. this is probably due to the fact that it was, like the oral sex in the beginning of the film, completely real. rodleen getsic (bunny) is perfect. she has her head shaved, she's beaten, she's spit upon, she branded several times, chained up, made to watch her own videotaped torture... and all she can do is scream and cry. go and read some interviews with her; she explains where it all came from and what the filming process was like. it's a truly haunting thing to witness. seeing someone so broken, so helpless.. it's unlike anything i've seen before. credit also must be given to jeff renfro (hog), who, until this film, was just a truck driver for hollywood films. from what i understand, there was no real script to speak of, just an outline of bullet points and set locations. all of his sadistic actions against bunny were real, and they were his. he made the choices. that, in and of itself, is truly disturbing. i can only imagine what demons he was letting out during the production...
this is not a film you'll sit down and watch when you're in a good mood. this isn't a feel good film, it's fueled only by negative and nihilistic emotions. there's no redemption, no hope, nothing but brutality and filth. this should be playing in art galleries and museums, because despite what you may think of it, it is a very real work of art. surreal, brutal, ugly, and completely exposed. 7/10.
