BAIT is the second directorial feature from EMMERDALE actor Dominic Brunt, best known for his turn as Paddy in the hit evening soap. I didn't care for his zombie epidemic movie BEFORE DAWN, but BAIT is only a small progression. It's another tiny budgeted thriller in which a couple of women fall, somewhat unbelievably, foul of a loan shark who employs brutal methods to get a return on his investments. KILL LIST seems to be the big influence here, but BAIT wallows in misogyny and is a film for sadists only. Victoria Smurfit, of TV'S TRIAL & RETRIBUTION, is the main star, and she certainly gives an arresting performance, although she's also humiliated and forced into stripping off for much of it. The violence is very explicit and brutally so, but it was all a bit much for me and felt too much like padding for the most part. The only time this gets entertaining is right at the end, with some good old-fashioned retribution.
Review of Bait
