Ravenous (1999)

Dir: Antonia Bird

Boring, pretentious twaddle about a party of travelers in 1840s California who run out of food and resort to cannibalism. A similar story is presented in a far more believable, moving and interesting way in Trey Parker's "Alferd Packer : The Musical!" and that should tell you all you need to know. For one, this film expects the viewer - without sufficient set-up - to swallow the fact that eating human flesh turns you into an invincible superhuman. Even if you can deal with that ol' chestnut, the total lack of characterisation or emotional core remains tough to digest. It's just one of those insufferable movies that thinks it's being awfully clever but fails to even spell "Nietzsche" correctly when quoting him on the film's epigram. Nice going, guys. The occasional attempt at black comedy also fails to satisfy. You'll just feel empty inside after this one. See? It's so depressingly bad, I can't even be bothered to make decent food puns.