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{{Short description|2000 horror film by George A. Romero}} |
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|name = Bruiser |
|name = Bruiser |
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|image = Bruiserromero.jpg |
|image = Bruiserromero.jpg |
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|caption = French theatrical release poster |
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|director = [[George A. Romero]] |
|director = [[George A. Romero]] |
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|producer = [[Ben Barenholtz]] |
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* [[Ben Barenholtz]] |
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* [[Peter Grunwald]] |
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|writer = George A. Romero |
|writer = George A. Romero |
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|starring = [[Jason Flemyng]] |
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* [[Jason Flemyng]] |
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* [[Peter Stormare]] |
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* [[Leslie Hope]] |
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* [[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]] |
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|music = [[Donald Rubinstein]] |
|music = [[Donald Rubinstein]] |
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|cinematography = Adam Swica |
|cinematography = Adam Swica |
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|editing = Miume Jan Eramo |
|editing = Miume Jan Eramo |
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|narrator = Laurent Basset |
|narrator = Laurent Basset |
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|studio = [[ |
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* [[StudioCanal|Le Studio Canal+]] |
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* Barenholtz Productions |
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* Romero-Grunwald Productions |
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|distributor = [[Canal+]], [[Lionsgate]](United States)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/theatrical_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=240|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001213132700/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/theatrical_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=240|title=Lions Gate Buys Thrillers 'Chasing Sleep,' Starring Jeff Daniels, and George Romero's 'Bruiser'|website=hive4media.com|archivedate=December 13, 2000|date=September 25, 2000|accessdate=September 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[BAC Films]] (France) |
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* [[Alliance Atlantis]] (Canada) |
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* Spanish |
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|budget = $5 million<ref>[http://www1.phillyburbs.com/romero/bruiser.shtml The George Romero Guide - Bruiser] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204223814/http://www1.phillyburbs.com/romero/bruiser.shtml |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> |
|budget = $5 million<ref>[http://www1.phillyburbs.com/romero/bruiser.shtml The George Romero Guide - Bruiser] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204223814/http://www1.phillyburbs.com/romero/bruiser.shtml |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> |
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| gross = $14,960<ref name="BOM">{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=0212830|title=Bruiser (2000)|access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref> |
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'''''Bruiser''''' is a 2000 French [[horror film|horror]]-[[thriller film]] written and directed by [[George A. Romero]] and starring [[Jason Flemyng]], [[Peter Stormare]] and [[Leslie Hope]].<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36391/saturday-nightmares-bruiser-2000 Saturday Nightmares: Bruiser (2000)]</ref> ''Bruiser'' was filmed in [[Toronto]]. |
'''''Bruiser''''' is a 2000 French-Canadian [[horror film|horror]]-[[thriller film]] written and directed by [[George A. Romero]] and starring [[Jason Flemyng]], [[Peter Stormare]] and [[Leslie Hope]].<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36391/saturday-nightmares-bruiser-2000 Saturday Nightmares: Bruiser (2000)]</ref> ''Bruiser'' was filmed in [[Toronto]]. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Henry Creedlow |
Henry Creedlow is a creative director for ''Bruiser'', a successful magazine firm, who lives an unhappy life. His high-strung, contemptuous wife Janine is indifferent to him which leads to him having fantasies about suicide. Henry meets with his best friend, Jimmy Larson on their way to work downtown. While trying to board a train, Henry fantasizes about killing a woman who pushes him. In a conference at ''Bruiser'' headquarters where everyone is meeting to decide which model should be on the magazine's latest issue, Henry's sleazy and reprehensible boss, Milo Styles, mocks Henry's choice in front of him and his co-workers. |
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⚫ | That Saturday, there is a party for the workers at Milo and his wife Rosie's house. Henry has a plaster mold of his face made by Rosie, who designs masks in her spare time. Rosie finishes the mask and adds it to her "garden of lost souls" in the backyard. She asks Henry to paint a design on the featureless mask, but Henry cannot think of anything to draw. Henry sees Milo and Janine across the pool in a very intimate moment. |
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Henry works at a local magazine company called ''Bruiser''. While at the office, everyone is at a conference meeting deciding on which model should be on the magazine's latest issue. The sleazy and reprehensible boss, Miles Styles ([[Peter Stormare]]), mocks Henry's choice in front of him and his co-workers. Later that day, Henry talks with Miles' artist wife Rosie (Leslie Hope), who works as the lead photographer, and there appears to be an attraction between them as she is the only person who is casually nice to Henry. |
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⚫ | Henry wakes up the next morning, and is shocked when he sees that his entire face has transformed into a white, featureless mask. When Henry tries removing it he cuts himself. Henry hides when Katie, his once-a-week maid, arrives to clean the house. Henry watches the maid as she fills her bag with silver and other items from his house. Henry reveals himself and confronts her about stealing. Henry attacks and beats her to death with the bag filled with stolen silver items. |
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⚫ | While driving home later that evening, Henry confronts Janine about what he saw |
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⚫ | Henry follows his wife to the office and spots her and Milo having sex. Rosie bursts into the conference room and photographs them. When Milo chases his wife out of the building when Rosie tells Milo that she intends to leave him, Henry sneaks into the conference room where he reveals his new blank face to his wife. He wraps an extension cord around her neck and pushes her out a window, strangling her. |
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Milo gives a statement to Detective McCleary. Henry eludes the police and goes home. He hides from the cops again when they come to his front door to look for him to deliver the news of his wife's murder, after making it appear that he possibly killed himself. |
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⚫ | Henry follows his wife to the office |
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⚫ | That afternoon, Henry visits Jimmy and, holding him at gunpoint, reveals the business account papers which show that Jimmy has been pilfering money out of Henry's bank accounts and mutual funds for two years. Jimmy tells Henry that it was Janine's idea to steal Henry's money so she could squander it on herself. Jimmy reveals that Janine has been cheating on Henry with him too. Jimmy suddenly pulls out a gun from his briefcase and tries to kill Henry. Henry fires back, fatally wounding Jimmy in the chest. |
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Miles is distraught over his wife leaving him and of Janine's death. While giving a statement to Detective McCleary (Tom Atkins) who is the first policeman on the scene, Henry eludes the police and goes home. He hides from the cops again when they come to his front door to look for him to deliver the news of his wife's murder. While looking through his business files, he discovers that his friend, Jimmy, has more than likely been taking Henry's money for himself. After making it appear that he possibly killed himself, he disposes of the maid's body by burying it in the back of his house and phones Rosie and tells her not to go out of her house because he overheard the police who think that she might have killed Janine. |
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⚫ | Henry calls ''The Larry Case Show'', a popular radio program, and tells the host that he is 'Faceless' and has murdered three people. After listening to some advice from Larry Case, Henry decides that he needs to eradicate all the people from his life who wronged and betrayed him if he is to get his face back. |
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⚫ | That afternoon, Henry visits Jimmy |
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⚫ | Henry attends Milo's Halloween costume party, dressed as Zorro wearing a black cape along with his white mask. Rosie is also there and is being tailed by Detective McCleary, who thinks that she either killed Janine or hired someone to kill her. Henry assembles a group of men from the office and lures Milo to a second floor balcony. There Henry tells his mean and ungrateful boss that he has set him up for a "grand finale". Milo is raised overhead on wires and Henry aims a strong laser at Milo, which kills him. As Henry walks away, his face returns to normal. He is spotted by Detective McCleary who moves in to apprehend him. However, Rosie shows up in a Zorro costume with a white mask on and yells at McCleary that she is the killer. Henry bids Rosie farewell and escapes into the crowd. |
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⚫ | Some years later, a long-haired Henry is now working as an office messenger in another city. Henry passes by an office where an angry and loathsome executive is yelling at several people. After the man screams at |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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{{Cast listing| |
{{Cast listing| |
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* [[Jason Flemyng]] as Henry Creedlow |
* [[Jason Flemyng]] as Henry Creedlow |
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* [[Peter Stormare]] as |
* [[Peter Stormare]] as Milo Styles |
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* [[Leslie Hope]] as Rosie Newley |
* [[Leslie Hope]] as Rosie Newley |
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* [[Nina Garbiras]] as Janine Creedlow |
* [[Nina Garbiras]] as Janine Creedlow |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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=== Box office === |
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''Bruiser'' has grossed $14,960 in France.<ref name="BOM" /> |
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Critical reception for ''Bruiser'' has been mixed to positive. Film review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of 67%, based on {{nowrap|9 reviews}}, with a [[rating average]] of 6/10.<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{cite web|title=Bruiser (2000) - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bruiser/|website=Rotten Tomatoes.com|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=24 October 2016}}</ref> |
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=== Critical response === |
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{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|67|6|9|ref=yes|access-date=24 October 2016}} |
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On [[IMDb]] it received an average rating of 5.3/10 <ref>{{Citation |last=Romero |first=George A. |title=Bruiser |date=2000-02-13 |type=Horror, Mystery |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212830/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |others=Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare, Leslie Hope |publisher=Canal+, Barenholtz Productions, Romero-Grunwald Productions}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:55, 30 November 2024
Bruiser | |
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Directed by | George A. Romero |
Written by | George A. Romero |
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Starring | |
Narrated by | Laurent Basset |
Cinematography | Adam Swica |
Edited by | Miume Jan Eramo |
Music by | Donald Rubinstein |
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Distributed by |
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Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
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Budget | $5 million[1] |
Box office | $14,960[2] |
Bruiser is a 2000 French-Canadian horror-thriller film written and directed by George A. Romero and starring Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare and Leslie Hope.[3] Bruiser was filmed in Toronto.
Plot
Henry Creedlow is a creative director for Bruiser, a successful magazine firm, who lives an unhappy life. His high-strung, contemptuous wife Janine is indifferent to him which leads to him having fantasies about suicide. Henry meets with his best friend, Jimmy Larson on their way to work downtown. While trying to board a train, Henry fantasizes about killing a woman who pushes him. In a conference at Bruiser headquarters where everyone is meeting to decide which model should be on the magazine's latest issue, Henry's sleazy and reprehensible boss, Milo Styles, mocks Henry's choice in front of him and his co-workers.
That Saturday, there is a party for the workers at Milo and his wife Rosie's house. Henry has a plaster mold of his face made by Rosie, who designs masks in her spare time. Rosie finishes the mask and adds it to her "garden of lost souls" in the backyard. She asks Henry to paint a design on the featureless mask, but Henry cannot think of anything to draw. Henry sees Milo and Janine across the pool in a very intimate moment.
While driving home later that evening, Henry confronts Janine about what he saw. Janine hardly seems to care and she tells the distraught Henry that he is weak-willed and a pushover. When they arrive home, Henry has another fantasy about killing Janine.
Henry wakes up the next morning, and is shocked when he sees that his entire face has transformed into a white, featureless mask. When Henry tries removing it he cuts himself. Henry hides when Katie, his once-a-week maid, arrives to clean the house. Henry watches the maid as she fills her bag with silver and other items from his house. Henry reveals himself and confronts her about stealing. Henry attacks and beats her to death with the bag filled with stolen silver items.
Henry follows his wife to the office and spots her and Milo having sex. Rosie bursts into the conference room and photographs them. When Milo chases his wife out of the building when Rosie tells Milo that she intends to leave him, Henry sneaks into the conference room where he reveals his new blank face to his wife. He wraps an extension cord around her neck and pushes her out a window, strangling her.
Milo gives a statement to Detective McCleary. Henry eludes the police and goes home. He hides from the cops again when they come to his front door to look for him to deliver the news of his wife's murder, after making it appear that he possibly killed himself.
That afternoon, Henry visits Jimmy and, holding him at gunpoint, reveals the business account papers which show that Jimmy has been pilfering money out of Henry's bank accounts and mutual funds for two years. Jimmy tells Henry that it was Janine's idea to steal Henry's money so she could squander it on herself. Jimmy reveals that Janine has been cheating on Henry with him too. Jimmy suddenly pulls out a gun from his briefcase and tries to kill Henry. Henry fires back, fatally wounding Jimmy in the chest.
Henry calls The Larry Case Show, a popular radio program, and tells the host that he is 'Faceless' and has murdered three people. After listening to some advice from Larry Case, Henry decides that he needs to eradicate all the people from his life who wronged and betrayed him if he is to get his face back.
Henry attends Milo's Halloween costume party, dressed as Zorro wearing a black cape along with his white mask. Rosie is also there and is being tailed by Detective McCleary, who thinks that she either killed Janine or hired someone to kill her. Henry assembles a group of men from the office and lures Milo to a second floor balcony. There Henry tells his mean and ungrateful boss that he has set him up for a "grand finale". Milo is raised overhead on wires and Henry aims a strong laser at Milo, which kills him. As Henry walks away, his face returns to normal. He is spotted by Detective McCleary who moves in to apprehend him. However, Rosie shows up in a Zorro costume with a white mask on and yells at McCleary that she is the killer. Henry bids Rosie farewell and escapes into the crowd.
Some years later, a long-haired Henry is now working as an office messenger in another city. Henry passes by an office where an angry and loathsome executive is yelling at several people. After the man screams at Henry, he turns around... and his blank, anonymous, faceless white mask has returned.
Cast
- Jason Flemyng as Henry Creedlow
- Peter Stormare as Milo Styles
- Leslie Hope as Rosie Newley
- Nina Garbiras as Janine Creedlow
- Andrew Tarbet as Jimmy Larson
- Tom Atkins as Det. McCleary
- Jonathan Higgins as Det. Rakowski
- Jeff Monahan as Tom Burtram
- Marie Cruz as Number 9
- Beatriz Pizano as Katie Saldano
- Tamsin Kelsey as Mariah Breed
- Kelly King as Gloria Kite
- Susanne Sutchy as Colleen
- Balázs Koós as Chester
- Jean Daigle as Faduah
- Chris Gillett as Male executive
- Chantal Quesnel as Rita
- Jennifer Foster as Carol
- Boyd Banks as Jester
- Neil Crone as Boss
- Ted Ludzik as Gas station attendant
- Diana Platts as Reporter
- Kiran Friesen as Lady Godiva
- Murray Oliver as Cameraman
- Peter Mensah as Skinhead
- Neville Edwards as Derelict
- Yan Feldman as Knife
- D'Arcy Smith as Uniform
- Colin Glazer as Police officer
- Monique Osier as Top Hat
- Tina Romero as Cleopatra
- C.J. Fidler as Captive woman
- Ron Webber as Captive man
- Kevin Rushton as Drunk attacker
- Andrew Romero as Little devil
- Jason Winn 'J.B. Destiny' Bareford as Guitarist
- Big Poppa Gator as Bouncer
- Ari Cohen as Caller #1
- David Lyle as Caller #2
- David Harcourt as Rigger
- Ron Van Hart as Football player
- Bryan Renfro as Train station man
- Victoria Fodor as Lady in red
- Melanie as Diogee
- Dr. Chud as The Misfits
- Christine Forrest as Birdcage partygoer
- Michale Graves as The Misfits
- Jerry Only as The Misfits
- Michael Stevens as Party robber
- Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein as The Misfits
Soundtrack
The score was composed by Donald Rubinstein and the soundtrack features the horror punk band The Misfits.[4]
Release
The film premiered on 13 February 2000 in Canada and was directly released to DVD in the United States on 9 October 2001.[5]
Reception
Box office
Bruiser has grossed $14,960 in France.[2]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10.[6]
On IMDb it received an average rating of 5.3/10 [7]
References
- ^ The George Romero Guide - Bruiser Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Bruiser (2000)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
- ^ Saturday Nightmares: Bruiser (2000)
- ^ Bruiser (2000) directed by George A Romero
- ^ Bruiser - DVD: Film Freak Central Archived May 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bruiser". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ Romero, George A. (2000-02-13), Bruiser (Horror, Mystery), Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare, Leslie Hope, Canal+, Barenholtz Productions, Romero-Grunwald Productions, retrieved 2024-09-13
External links
- 2000 films
- French slasher films
- 2000s slasher films
- 2000 independent films
- 2000 horror films
- 2000 psychological thriller films
- Films directed by George A. Romero
- Films shot in Toronto
- Films with screenplays by George A. Romero
- French psychological thriller films
- 2000s Spanish-language films
- French independent films
- StudioCanal films
- English-language French films
- 2010s English-language films
- Spanish-language French films
- 2000 multilingual films
- French multilingual films
- 2000s French films
- Canadian slasher films
- English-language horror films
- English-language independent films
- 2000s Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- Spanish-language Canadian films
- English-language thriller films