Movie Review: “Feed Me” is disturbing, dramatic, horrific, and wickedly funny in equal measure

“Feed Me”  finds a depressed and broken Jed Freeman (very well played by Christopher Mulvin) looking to do away with his pain following an unfathomable personal tragedy. When crossing paths with a zany and eccentric Lionel Flack (played with ferocious energy by a fittingly manic Neal Ward), Jed is convinced to rid himself of his pain through one of the most disturbing ways imaginable in a film that is disturbing, dramatic, brutal, intense, and wickedly funny (albeit in a very perverse way) in equal measure. Suffice it to say, the less said about the actual plot of “Feed Me” the better because it’s best going into this bad boy blind.

What I will say is that Mulvin is outstanding bringing real dramatic weight to the proceedings while a bigger-than-life Ward (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Jason Sudeikis for much of the film) chews the scenery, literally, as a completely unpredictable individual with psychological issues of his own. Together, Mulvin and Ward make for one of the most dynamic onscreen duos of the year. Their bond in this picture turns the quintessential bromance scenario completely upside down.