Piggy
(2012/Inception DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Film: C+
When
Joe's brother is murder by a random street gang violence, he is
contacted by his brother's friend, Piggy (Paul Anderson, not to be
confused with two major directors with similar names). Piggy
convinces Joe that those guilty must be punished, they must take the
law into their own hands. Piggy begins training Joe as they hunt
down his brother's murderers, with each death Joe more and more into
the dark side.
In
Kieron Hawkes' Piggy (2012), Joe is the
quiet guy, he stays out of people's way and doesn't want much
attention. But with the sudden death of his brother, he becomes
depressed... his only outlet is his brother's mysterious friend,
'Piggy', together they don on pig masks, they hunt down, torture,
kill those involved with his brother's murder and anyone one else
associated with it. However Joe can't help feel with each killing,
he is losing his own soul. Joe finds out Piggy isn't really his
brother's friend, but Piggy is just some guy that used him, he gave
him an excuse to murder for the trill of it. In the end Joe gets
caught intentionally and heads off to prison smiling ...to where his
brother's final killer is locked up.
Justice
at any cost, seems to be the theme. Getting revenge is the perfect
excuse to become a murderer, problem is once you start you can't seem
to stop. A young man is tempted into the darker side of human
nature, convincing he is only doing what is for the greater good of
society, but in the end he discovers killing isn't good or evil, but
whoever survives is the winner.
The
anamorphically enhanced image and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is weak
and does not help, plus there are no extras.
-
Ricky Chiang
