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Chris Kavan
Chris Kavan
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The Power of Rage and Hate

Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/24/2008

As powerful as this film is, it would be hard to recommend simply because the story is so dark and pretty sickening at times.

The main character is not someone you would want to know, let alone know the inner workings of his mind. He is filled with rage and hate: hate for the rich, for the elderly, for women, for gays, for his home, but he keeps the most deep-seated hate for himself. A former butcher, we watch as he slips deeper and deeper into depression, contemplating life, death, love and his pitiful life one step above the gutter.

You would think to feel pity, but he won't let you. His thoughts are also on committing murder - first against a former supplier of meat, then to a few strangers in a bar. What he settles on is far more disturbing. I won't spoil the ending, only to …

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