{"id":23472,"date":"2016-12-06T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T04:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=23472"},"modified":"2016-12-06T23:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T04:21:21","slug":"the-demolisher-2015-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/the-demolisher-2015-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demolisher (2015) [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Director and co-writer Gabriel Carrer\u2019s vigilante thriller film \u201cThe Demolisher\u201d is one of the highlights of my coverage of Fantasia Fest back in 2015. While the plot points here and there are sloppily constructed, \u201cThe Demolisher\u201d is an overall very good and strong tale about grief, sadness, and delusion that can stem from ones own guilt, in the end. While Gabriel Carrer\u2019s film struggles to find its pacing and momentum in the first half hour, \u201cThe Demolisher\u201d does inevitably pick up steam to build in to one hell of an interesting revenge thriller.<\/p>\n

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Very much in the vein of \u201cMs. 45,\u201d director Carrer explores the fall out of grief and guilt and how it can leave a stain on our conscience. Ry Barnett stars as Bruce, a man who is tasked with caring for his crippled wife. After being hurt while on duty, she\u2019s left disabled. When Bruce is not caring for his dependent mate, he spends his nights lurking the streets dressed in riot gear, and walks around looking for the gang members that hurt his wife. Director Carrer is able to convey a rich atmosphere within the limited setting of \u201cThe Demolisher,\u201d making Bruce a force to be reckoned with, and one whose sanity is slowly unraveling from the moment we meet him. Admittedly, \u201cThe Demolisher\u201d might not be for everyone, especially folks that like instant gratification thrillers.<\/p>\n

Director Carrer\u2019s film isn\u2019t perfect at all, but it does provide a very solid experience with disturbing violence, and a unique spin on the revenge tale. When Bruce crosses paths with young Marie, he convinces himself that she had a hand in hurting his wife, and begins stalking her. Most of the final half of \u201cThe Demolisher\u201d is spent watching Bruce and Marie play a game of cat and mouse. Marie does everything in her power to evade Bruce and battle him, and the tension gradually increases as the film draws to a close. Bruce is a maniacal villain who is a victim of his own psyche and once he and Marie go toe to toe, it adds a fine book end to a solid and often engrossing thriller. If you\u2019re experimental and open to a slow boil character study mixed with a revenge thriller, you\u2019re going to be in for something truly entertaining.<\/p>\n

The Blu-Ray from Dark Sky and MPI Media features a nine minute Behind the Scenes segment. There are six minutes of deleted scenes, and a Filmmaker\u2019s Q&A at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival which clocks in at twenty three minutes in length. Finally, there is the original trailer for \u201cThe Demolisher.\u201d<\/p>\n