The Pet
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Movie Reviews of The Pet
Movie Review: OK movie
Summary: 3 Stars
OK movie, but shame on the director/writer for linking the BDSM lifestyle with human trafficking and illegal organ sales. Pick one or the other, but don't shed a bad light on an innocent although taboo lifestyle. I'd love have a triangular cage built like the one in the movie though, truly a functional piece of art.Movie Review: Could of been better.
Summary: 3 Stars
After watching this im surprised anyone would give it five stars.
The acting was ok but the script was horrible.
The only redeeming quality about this movie is that it shows aspects of bdsm that are never seen. It was nice to see.
Movie Review: Misrepresented Film
Summary: 2 Stars
This will contain some spoilers, but this information needs to be known before you spend your money on this film. The Pet could have been a nice little film about a power exchange alternative lifestyle, even as unlikely as 24/7 animal/pet play may be. It had enough budget and was shot well enough. Even the actors were good enough(some were distinctly better than others though). Pierre Dulat as Philip was quite good. Andrea Edmondson as Mary/GG was also decent enough.
My BIG problem with the film is that the makers promoted it as a "true" look into a caring, power exchange alternate lifestyle. The maker's website description is misleading as is the film's trailer. They tell you the main characters are intruded upon by international slavers. In fact, the main characters (except for Mary/GG) are all business partners and friends in a kidnapping/murdering syndicate that deals in selling body parts and slave laborers. Philip's wish that Mary/GG not be sold as such is purely his personal wish. So, once again a chance to make a film showing the beauty of a loving dominant/submissive relationship is turned into just another demonization of the BDSM community. By this depiction, you are either crazy, evil or just plain stupid to participate in such a lifestyle. Yet, the makers promote this film as being about a loving consensual relationship. Its really just an exploitation film and
when you break down the ridiculous plot, there really is not much left to
like. One example of this plot is after a couple weeks of training, having your Pet be devoid of nearly all cognitive function(they do say that clearly). So, we have people talking about murdering their Pets and selling the organs right in front of them with no reaction. Oh, come on!
Non consensual Slave Trade is a serious subject and one that deserves much better than this film to bring attention to it.
Having said that, I did give The Pet two stars. It is filmed
well enough and it does have some nice scenes in it. Mary/GG and Nicky/Taps(played by Sommer Nguyan)fetching sticks in the nude outdoors
(in real snow and cold) is a standout. If you do see it, it is clear they did it for real. The other reason is the always lovely Lydia McLane(under a pseudonym Jane Steele), as Red. She has a particularly nice scene at the beginning of the film.
This is not a film to set as an example of any BDSM power exchange lifestyle. It is a terribly flawed, shamelessly misrepresented exploitation film. If you don't care about spending the money and seeing it for the few good scenes it does contain, you might get some enjoyment. If you are looking for a decent film about alternative lifestyles, The Pet is not it.
Movie Review: A little confused
Summary: 2 Stars
Steve's career as a photojournalist has given him sight of the realities of slavery. His photography reflects the harshness of brutal reality. It is no surprise that he seems to have not got a firm handle on the emotions of the lifestylers that chose this way of life. The lack of interpersonal emotion and, to a degree, the wooden acting can, I believe, be placed at the door of Steve's experiences. The dialogue should have been co-written as the conversation sequences were wrong and felt implausible and unreal and that problem should have been caught. The whole project felt rushed and has foot in neither the world of the lifestyler or the enforced slave.
Great locations, quality cinematography and the snow scene was enjoyable, but I wouldn't say that this represents many realities. The conflict scenes were not choreographed well, nor confrontational tension handled very well at all. Video effects and tension music had to be employed to convey any impact and this gave the project a very rushed feel. Also, people who are branded usually scream an awful lot more, straight from the heart, and usually pass out with the level of pain; that branch in her mouth would have been bitten in two - one example of taking a powerful situation to emphasise the impact of the circumstances and then only pawing at it half heartedly.
The overall timing and pace of the sequences just felt completely wrong. Sections where I was looking to invest my emotions were rushed or glossed over, and others which didn't have that much impact beyond sexual tittilation felt dragged out. In short, they had a wonderful opportunity but I felt they squandered it and I felt cheated as a result.
Movie Review: shock and awe sales pitch.
Summary: 2 Stars
So this was shot on a budget. That does cover why the dailog was choppy on forced in most of the movie. Shallow charactor depth, at best. Piss poor camera use and poor scenes in the vast majorty of the movie. If your thinking of buying this movie, save your money. This movie does not act as guide for the alterative lifestyles, this movie isn't even good enought o be a B rate drama or action flick. Truely this movie is a waste of time. I am sorry that I fell for the shock and awe style sales pitch. Save your money DO NOT BUY.