Review of Live Feed (2006) by Curtis J — 26 May 2008

Well, well. This was labeled as a Hostel rip off when it came out. Yeah, sure it mixes porn with torture (more porn than Hostel), tourists on holiday in a foreign country (this time in asia), good looking women (um, not as sweet as Hostel tho) and a unique location (porn theatre.lol), but despite those comparisons this couldn't have felt more different. Maybe it was the low-budget production values that made it feel the way it did as it most definitely looked a lot cheaper than Hostel. okay, enough comparisons. Live Feed sees 2 best mates accompanied by their girlfriends in Asia exploring some Food Market which is actually the Richmond Food Market in Canada somewhere, but it had me convinced they where in asia. After expressing their disapproval to a butcher who is chopping up a small dog alive and a brief scuffle with him that followed they leave to a pub where they get into another scuffle, but this time with some important mafia dudes. They leave the bar right away and come to a porn theatre, so decide to waste some time inside. Little do they know those mafia dudes own the place and use it as a, I guess you can call, a human Abattoir with porn playing on the tv sets and hidden cameras filming their every move.

There is a lot of gore, but unfortunately not much tension is built up. Although when the gigantic killer appears I found my hands slowly rising to cover my eyes. He is gigantic. The lack of suspense could be due to the independent feel of the film, but mainly due to the Director/Writers philosophy on film making where he disapproves of the 'less is more' motto in film making. He actually thinks it is bull shit. He is all for more and it shows with the amount of gore and nudity on display. His philosophy is only proven in his next film GUTTERBALLS which is a step up in almost everything Live Feed has to offer. Oh and it is a complete slasher flick unlike this one. Despite the annoying fact that this has been labeled as a HOSTEL rip off, it deserves to be seen.