Hilarious, terrifying, compelling - a knockout! | Bug (Special Edition)

DVD: Bug (Special Edition) | Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon

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	• Bug (Special Edition) Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon Lionsgate Home Entertainment, 2007 average customer review:based on 128 reviews view larger image
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Remarkable! Almost Part II of Passion of Darkly Noon

BUG (2007) with Ashley Judd (AJ), Harry Connick Jr and Michael Shannon is an example that art
can be beautiful or intentionally ugly being reflective of reality, and still maintain the
fascination of viewers. Granted, perhaps this work is meant for the niche segment of
AJ fans, while the actress reprises her type-cast role as a young woman having
behavioral issues, put againt impressive challenges, risks and obstacles, coping with a
fragile emotional makeup.

The story is unpredictable, as AJ is slowly, little by little, placed into the psychological
world of an acquaintance made at the local bar, and goes through a transformation, not unlike
what is seen with the Stockholm Syndrome, unable to transcend the new circumstances.

The filming is flawless, the camera work is up close and simple. The widescreen enhances
the quality of the presentation, while the lack of music perhaps does the opposite, or is absent to
not constitute a distraction.

The committment of AJ into the picture is impressive, with alternating moments of joy
and dispair, the evident misery of poverty, the confusion of a solitude arising from the
separation from her companion and loss of her child.

As with her earlier films, BUG not only has the compulsory nude moment of the actress, but several ones, in
the washroom, from a side profile and back profile. Indubitably, BUG is obviously intended as a vehicle for
voyeurism, on the one hand to profit from the personal charisma of the actress, while on the other hand, to stay faithful to the story's character that is shown at home, having drinking and substance abuse habits, in between a lack of personal goals.

Harry Connick plays the ex-boyfriend with a flawed character, to the extent that AJ broke off their earlier relationship, despite some relatively positive qualities. Even after a return to freedom from a prison, his past mistakes and misconduct are impossible to erase from her mind.

Taking up with Michael Shannon, (who has a Christopher Walken style) some comical moments occur, such as "I'm not much good in the sack!" or "I haven't been with a woman for a long time ..." AJ further proceeds to underline the hedonistic, libertarian aspects of the character.

Thus, the sensual aspects are intertwined with madhouse, reminiscent of PASSION OF DARKLY NOON.

The finale could also have been edited shorter, and avoided bringing into the fold controversial elements, Jim Jones and the Koolaid, which may offend those reading the alternative media.

BUG is well worth a look.

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Hilarious, terrifying, compelling - a knockout!

This movie isn't for the faint of heart for two reasons. First, there are scenes of an unbelievable, savage violence, one of a kind you won't see anywhere else. But, where the movie really gets under your skin is that it just seems so true, so possible, so reminiscent of things you and I have done often and are possibly doing this very moment. In fact, I feel this movie poses the question of the "human problem" better and more profoundly than any other piece of art I've ever seen, including those that claim to be of the spiritual kind. Then again, if someone wants a movie that will serve as a temporary escape from reality, I don't recommend Bug. Watching this movie was a major learning experience for me, and I hope many others can share it as well.

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A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes (Judd) rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband (Connick Jr.). But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter (Shannon), an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again - until the first bugs arrive...