Sonny Boy Film Analysis

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You would think a movie about a rampaging feral boy and David Carradine in drag would be an amazing experience in cinema history, but for some reason, Sonny Boy is an experience in torture. It's an insane, terribly written foray into strange happenings and not once can I say I enjoyed it. In fact, I don't know how anyone can enjoy this movie, but if you can explain to me, please comment below. For now, though, let's continue on with this review...

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A shattering, unforgettable performance from David Carradine (Kill Bill) powers this wickedly off-beat tale of family love gone berserk. Paul L. Smith (Midnight Express, Crimewave) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play, The Exorcist III) are also featured in powerfully moving supporting roles.

In a remote desert town, a psychopathic petty crook (Smith) and his transvestite girlfriend (Carradine) kidnap an orphaned infant, cage it like an animal, and train it to steal and kill on their command. Years later, when the half-wild Sonny Boy escapes and embarks on a bloody rampage, the couple's monstrous attempt at "child development" provokes the local populace into vengeful retaliation.

Unlike any film you've ever seen, Sonny Boy is an unsettling, wildly bizarre allegory on the devastating effects of child abuse and the violent
Smith; and transvestite David Carradine, kidnap a baby and decide to raise it. Raising the child consists of cutting it's tongue out, dragging it behind a car when he is 12, setting a fire close to him to harden his skin when he is 17 and finally, sending him out on a murder missions. The local town, which is scared of this family and they don't want to cross paths with them, decide they have had enough and begin to rip off the closing moments of Frankenstein. I think that's what the movie was about, but I could be wrong, as I was so bored, I started to fade in and

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