Dan Counts I really will watch 50 Shades of Gray, Dark, Free and Black on a continuous loop instead of watching this ever, ever, ever again. There is so much wrong here. Acting so stiff that it makes Hayden Christensen seem like Tom Hanks. A script so badly written that it reads like the abortion of a one-night stand between EL James, M. Night Shyamalan and Vincent Gallo. Camera work that makes Uwe Boll seem like Igmar Bergman.I should have known I was in for a stinker when I see that the writer/director just uses a first initial. Makes sense, if I was attached to this, I would want to hide it as much as possible also. But D. Stevens, you wrote this steaming pile of manure, sack up and OWN it.So in short, this is a story about a boy that loses his dog and then thinks to himself, "Hey if I did it so well with a dog, why not a human being?"And yes kids, there are people that crave that type of objectification. However, you don't see anyone really make this type of leap of logic unless their names are Ed Gein or Jeffrey Dahmer.Enter Sammy Jr showing off a girl in a cage to the aforementioned boy, but surprise, surprise the girl has more tracks on her arm than a train yard. But he wants a girl that isn't a junkie (in all fairness who doesn't). So then Sammy sends the boy a picture of a girl, and she's PERFECT.So our lonely boy Philip meets our girl Mary at her flower stand and Mary has had a very bad day. Cat died, boyfriend beat the cat, and she's got an eviction notice, basically her life sucks without the drugs.So Phil, I think Phil is a better name for this guy, bails her out with 10k out of his back pocket (well with a cashier's check), plus an extra 500 just for taking her to dinner and invites her to his place to bury her dead cat. If he was going to go through all the trouble of digging a grave and getting a kitty coffin for a cat he didn't even own, then why couldn't he spring for a black gospel choir singing Amazing Grace?Fast forward through her 3 day training montage, and then they go up to Utah so Mary can have the doggie Olympics against Taps (don't worry the film does a crapalicious job of explaining it), where you find out that Phil is part of a human trafficking network and Mary (having been renamed to GG by Phil) is a universal donor that would bring good money on the market.Somehow Phil loses his proof of ownership to GG and his buddy that owns Taps picks up the proof and sells GG off.Seriously, it's so stupid at this point, you really want to scratch your eyes out. I pray to God that D. Stevens is never, ever given the reins to a film or writes another screenplay again, seriously, if he does, it will be considered a crime against humanity and we will need to lock his entire family up for the good of the human race.

mawcin I read about this movie on some shady blog and came here to read reviews. I should've listened... but instead I spent 84 minutes watching this "movie." Not worth it. After the first 10 minutes I was already in deep shock and it was only worse later on. Story was coherent... up to certain point, because later it was confusing and simply terrible. Is it truthful? No. Is it believable? Absolutely not. Are the actors believable? Never. Is it distasteful? Yes. Does the movie have a message in it? Well... it has potential to have a message and to teach us something, but either you're showing the "true" face of BDSM, or you're fighting human trafficking. Don't do both in the same movie. If they really spent a million dollars on this movie, they need to go back to elementary school.

sharkboy007 For anyone who comes here to read comments about this horrible celluloid abortion, please skip over the post titled "My Musings on The Pet".I actually made the mistake of reading this pretentious tripe, and there's only one conclusion that can be drawn from this person's post: he's one of those imbeciles that spend all their free time role playing as a "Gorean". None of that lifestyle "information" he spewed can be taken seriously by anyone who seriously practices said lifestyle. He needs to just shut up and go back to drinking from his sip-pee cup, and not interrupt the adults. Go back to Gor and never enter the daylight with the rest of the normal people!! ***Caution! The following contains spoilers, read at your own risk! (Scroll down if you wish to read the rest of the review, spoiler free)***This movie is absolutely horrible. It does not show the lifestyle in a positive light, and pretty much makes a mockery of the human slave trade. The main male character is a poor excuse for a human being whose only reason for taking a slave is because his dog died. Really? Really? And you know, it's pretty sad that the dog lived longer than the girl. The main female character is an idiot. She does all this stuff that doesn't even begin to make sense. Sitting on the floor at a restaurant? Yeah, like that happens all the time by people in the lifestyle. And through this entire movie, these people were getting into situations that they could have easily called the police on.And then there's the scenes in which there's some sort of slaver's convention/party/bat cave, complete with the web servers that have the website for slave flesh speculation. In Utah of all places! This "master" doesn't want to sell his pet, so he brings along her ownership tag. To a get together in which they're what? SELLING SLAVES!! Then, he "accidentally" drops it, and somehow, the "pet" is too stupid to not go "um, hello? you just dropped this tag" And it only gets worse.The best part, though, HAD to be the redneck who was doing the Slingblade impression. If he had busted out with something like, "He sure does like his pets branded, mm hum", I would not have been the least bit surprised.***END OF SPOILERS*** If you are into the lifestyle and looking for a good lifestyle movie, or one that presents it in a positive light, this movie is not for you. If you are looking for a good movie that touches on the tragedy of the slave trade, this movie is not for you. If you are someone who enjoys movies, this movie is not for you. If, however, you are someone who spends their free time pretending to be a master or Gorean, and have somehow gotten the idea that you have any reason to speak, then this movie is perfect for you.About the only thing this movie would be good for is for those people who are in a coma. Play this movie, and they're sure to come out of the coma, even if it's just to beat you for making them suffer through this horrible excuse for wasting people's time.

paulswm Breathtakingly, stunningly bad. Production values seem to be even lower than the average adult movie.Total acting skills displayed by all participants: close to zero. Poor shooting, directing, editing, script, DVD transfer, etc. If anybody connected with this movie was paid more than bus fares and lunch money, they were overpaid.Some movies are bad, but entertaining because they are bad. Not so with this turkey.The only reason I gave it one star is because there isn't a zero-star voting option.