An unapologetically brutal portrait of what happens when someone desperate is pushed too far, will be released for digital download, DVD, and BD on October 4th by MPI. Don’t be fooled by this movie’s IMDB rating—it received the Silver Audience Award at the 2015 Fantasia Film Festival. It’s garnered favorable reviews, and has drawn flattering comparisons to the work of Nicolas Winding. This is the second directorial effort of Gabriel Carrer, who also directed In the House of Flies in 2012.
The Demolisher stars Ry Barrett (Kingdom Come, Ejecta), Tianna Nori (Bite), Jessica Vano (Crackerhead), and Duncan McLellan (“Arrow”).Tormented by a crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife, Samantha (Nori), an ex-policewoman, seemingly ordinary cable repairman Bruce (Barrett; Winner: Best Male Lead, 2015 Fantastic Planet Film Festival) channels his sense of injustice into a dark path of vigilantism. Donning riot gear and taking to the streets to right the seemingly infinite number of wrongs committed every day, Bruce becomes The Demolisher, a one-man wrecking ball tearing through a neon-lit city blighted by crime and hatred.
As his tenuous grasp on reality weakens with each foray into the urban decay that surrounds him, Bruce’s rage eventually reaches a boiling point that may cost him his own life as well as the lives of the innocent he thought he was protecting.
This movie is a hyper-stylistic meditation on vigilantes, trauma, and urban decay. Interesting side note: Carrer walked away from a promising career as a violin virtuoso so that he could commit himself to filmmaking. Those who enjoy revenge films will be grateful for the choice he made.
