Michael Ledo Bruiser is the name of the magazine that reserved Henry (Jason Flemyng) is employed. He imagines himself choking and killing people who push him around. At a company party he sees his wife Nina Garbiras) pleasing his crude boss (Peter Stormare) with her hand. They are having an affair. His dog hates him. His maid steals from him and his friend is robbing him blind. Henry describes himself as "house broke." Leslie Hope plays the understanding fellow co-worker and sometimes wife of Stormare who is just as disgusted with him as is Henry. She supplies him with the mask.One miraculous day Henry wakes up with that same plain white mask as a face (see DVD cover). He now has the ability to act out his destructive fantasies...and he does.The movie is an "artsy" dark comedy with a horror/slasher background. George C. Romero likes his symbols and metaphors to be subtle, like zombies walking aimlessly around a mall. This movie is not for everyone as it creates its own genre. It is not really a slasher, although before get killed. It doesn't generate real horror. It is not a LOL comedy, but it has humorous moments.F-bomb, sex, nudity (Nina Garbiras, Marie V. Cruz)

GL84 Realizing that his life has crumbled around him, a man awakes one day to find that a faceless mask has become his actual face and begins a rampage of terror against those that have wronged him as the killing spree attracts the attention of a police officer anxious to stop him.This here wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the finer points of this one is the fact that there's some rather nice work done here to setup the eventual rampage that comes later on. The fact that the work and home lives are built on such problematic and troublesome, with the completely overbearing boss and the cheating wife are given as the early motivations for his rampage gives this a solid reasoning here which is all the more impressive given the fine commentary this develops with the fashion industry at the beginning. There's a lot of fun to be had here with these scenes setting up his eventual rage, and those scenes where he does take out the guilty parties in various degrees makes for a lot to like, from the ambush attack on the maid in the house to him stalking after the cheating couple in the building where he works and leads into the film's biggest plus in the rather spectacular dance party at the end which is where this one really gets a lot to like. The stylish lighting gives the scene a rather strong charge, and the way he works his way around the charge makes for a solid enough series of set-pieces that all build to the full revenge that takes place in the crowd in full view of everyone who views it all as a party-gag which is highly enjoyable. Given that this follows around the utterly creepy look of the mask used throughout here, these make for a good enough series positives to hold this up over the few big flaws. The main issue here is the fact that there's just not a clear-cut tone throughout here that works, as the film tends to bounce back-and-forth between a thriller featuring his indecision over his rampage because of the masks' features and the slasher it wants to be based on the setup of going after those who wronged him that he can now accomplish because of the mask. These scenes of him debating the merits of doing this or debating with the ex-wife of his boss over turning himself in for the spree makes for some really dull moments and it really just highlights some troublesome features over its intent and pacing. The other big issue here is the fact that there's some no reasoning for why he got that way to begin with as there's just nothing here about how it came to be and it really leaves a big hole in the storyline. Otherwise, there's not much else to dislike here even though these flaws are somewhat problematic flaws.Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence and Nudity.

Evan Staley This film seems to suffer primarily from improper promotion. Not a typical horror/Ramero feature whatsoever...Lovely things about this film include: bitingly clever scrip with many satisfying full circles, ridiculous attention to detail in even the most trivial shot, energetic and convincing performances, and cavernously deep themes on identity, shame and self determination. Life is hard when you've been conditioned to bow down and look past and live with the unforgivable .This might very well be American Psycho mixed with Vanilla Sky, for the romantic SOB. Beautiful film. Gosh darn those flaws, but keep in mind it's not no slasher flick. It's a delving deep within, to a place in which we can all in some way identify. Watchable multiple times, tasty each. Cheers, E

Bozo WOW This was an excellent movie.First off, let me say that this was not an easy movie to find. I could not find a copy at any video store or library anywhere near here. Finally, after searching for months, I got digital cable the there it was. I immediately went and watched it and I must say, I was VERY impressed by what I saw.This has to be one of the most underrated films EVER. I looked and saw it only had a 5.0 on IMDb (as of 4/18/08). It should have At least a 7! Romero has created his best horror movie classic since Day of the Dead. Jason Flemyng played Henry Creedlow better than anyone else could have possibly done. Peter Stormare was disgusting as Milo Styles, which is what was intended! Leslie Hope was excellent as Rosemary Newley, Milo's unhappy wife. Nina Garbiras was great as the abusive, dishonest, annoying Janine Creedlow. Andrew Tarbet was perfect to play Jim Larson, Henry's thieving friend. And Ol' Tom Atkins was great as Detective McCleary.Along with an excellent cast there was a very morbid tone throughout the movie which really set the mood in a lot of scenes. Also, the music was very well placed, and even about 4 songs played LIVE by The Misfits (one of my favorite bands).The errors in this movie were quite numerous, particularly those dealing with plot holes. Many things went unexplained in the movie. But...I don't care.This is easily one of my favorite movies. I cannot wait to watch it again! I give Bruiser a 10/10. Romero fans should not miss this one!