''Feed'' is a 2005

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directed by

Brett Leonard Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as ''The Lawnmower Man'' (1992) and ''Virtuosity'' (1995) feature ...

. The plot involves a police investigation of non-consensual

feederism Fat fetishism is a sexual attraction directed towards overweight or obese people due primarily to their weight and size. A variety of fat fetishism is ''feed(er)ism'' or ''gaining'', where sexual gratification is obtained not from the fat itself ...

. The film explores themes of

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dominance and submission Dominance and submission (also called D/s) is a set of behaviors, customs, and rituals involving the submission of one person to another in an erotic episode or lifestyle. It is a subset of BDSM. This form of sexual contact and pleasure has been ...

Plot

Australian cop, Phillip (

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) works as a

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investigator for

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but is left shaken after investigating a case in Hamburg, Germany in which a man consented to having his own penis cut off and eaten by his lover. Phillip's own relationship is also troubled due to his frequent travel and difficulties with romantic intimacy, and he finds himself unable to respond positively to his beautiful girlfriend's sexual overtures. The two have rough sex that gets out of hand, and she leaves him after writing "''pig''" on his chest with lipstick. Meanwhile, Phillip has been working with his partner, Nigel (

Matthew Le Nevez Matthew Le Nevez (born 10 January 1979) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Doctor Patrick Reid in the TV series ''Offspring'', Detective Brian Dutch in the Tasmanian Gothic sci-fi television show '' The Kettering Incident' ...

), to investigate a fetish website that features morbidly obese women being held captive and fed fattening food. The website's intricate encryption suggests that the webmaster is concealing a deeper perversion and, despite the objections of his superiors, Phillip travels to Toledo, Ohio so as to investigate the webmaster and determine the whereabouts of "''Lucy''", a former site favorite. In Ohio, the site's sadistic webmaster, Michael Carter (

Alex O'Loughlin Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who played Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series '' Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films ...

), holds Deidre (

Gabby Millgate Gabby Millgate is an Australian actress, writer and comedian best known for her role in the film '' Muriel's Wedding'' (1994) and comedy sketch shows '' Full Frontal'' (1993) and ''Totally Full Frontal'' (1998). Early life Millgate was born and g ...

) captive in a ramshackle cottage in the woods. After questioning a local priest, Michael's adoptive sister and his thin, attractive wife, Phillip manages to track Michael to the cottage, where the latter is preparing to feed Deidre a thick slurry of eggs and weight gain powder. Phillip learns that Michael developed a sexual fascination with obese women due to his troubled relationship with his overweight, immobile mother, who died when he was a child. He also uncovers the twist in Michael's fetish website: Not only are paying site members able to watch him feed and fornicate with obese women, but they can place bets on when each woman will die, using posted statistics on their body proportions, blood pressure, and other medical indicators. In the cottage, Phillip finds Lucy's decaying remains and then confronts Michael who reveals that he killed his mother and fed Lucy until she died. The slurry-like preparation he was attempting to feed Deidre through a tube contains some of the fat he'd carved from Lucy's body. After a struggle, Phillip shoots Deidre, who maintains her love for Michael even as Philip tells her about his deceptions, and two shots can be heard off screen. The final scene reveals Phillip living in suburban bliss with Michael's overweight adoptive sister. He takes some sandwiches she has packed for him and drives to the cottage in the woods, where he eats them with gusto, pausing to tantalize Michael, who is in a wheelchair, with one. Michael, starving and emaciated, begs Phillip to "feed im"

Cast

as Michael Carter * Patrick Thompson as Phillip Jackson *

as Deidre *

Jack Thompson Jack Thompson may refer to: Sports * Jack Thompson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1969), English footballer who played for Sheffield United and Bristol City * Jack Thompson (1920s footballer), English footballer who played for Aston Villa and Brig ...

as Richard * Rose Ashton as Abbey *

as Nigel * David Field as Father Turner

Reception

On ''

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'', the film has a 57% rating based on 7 critic reviews.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Feed (Film) 2005 films 2000s crime films 2005 independent films 2005 psychological thriller films Australian thriller films 2000s English-language films 2000s German-language films Fat fetishism Films directed by Brett Leonard Films set in Australia Films set in Toledo, Ohio Films shot in Australia Films shot in Ohio Australian independent films Police detective films Australian serial killer films Films about cannibalism