Since childhood, David (Derek Young) had been bullied by pretty much everyone, from the typical brainless jock to the prom queen who'd rather die than being seen talking to him. He never fought back though, kept his peaceful attitude through all he had to go through - and then his foster mother (LC Macabre), the only one who always stood by him, dies. A few weeks later, his foster father (Adam Ginsberg), who has held David responsible for her death and who has always bullied him as well, kills himself. And suddenly, David learns, that while he and his foster family lived a trailer trash life, his "dad" actually had a considerable fortune in the bank, plus he owned a quite successful strip joint - all of which falls into David's hands, and he suddenly realizes he never has to work again. Plus as the owner of a strip club he makes sure that his girls are treated properly, does offer those who are in it out of desparation an easy and profitable way out of this job they seem to hate while giving those who want to stay in a little more power and responsibility than one would expect in a strip joint. So all's well that ends well, is that the point, and being the bullied guy who never fought back made David the man he is?

Not by a longshot: It has to be stated here that after he rather accidently killed one guy who bullied him, David found encouragement to stand up for himself, so he killed his foster dad and made it look like suicide, and with the freedom the unexpected inheritance offered him, he had enough time to think up plans to get back at the guys and girls who were mean to him (or he thought were mean to him), plans that often involved dismemberment and other gruesome things, and always ended in the death of some not so innocent soul. But eventually, the disappearance of a few too many bodies does alarm the police ...

Psychotic State is definitely a movie that does have its heart in the right place, and that tells a morality tale in an exquisitely wicked and macabre way that involves gore and dismemberment, with quite a bit of sleaze thrown in to make this one a nice hommage to 1970's grindhouse cinema. That said though, Psychotic State is far from a perfect film: Basically it at 2 hours and 20 it takes about an hour too long to tell its story, and lacks narrative build-up, so while there are several scenes of pure suspense, the tension hardly carries over into the more narrative scenes. On top of that, several subplots/character arcs just lead to nowhere. Plus, presenting a rich collection of rather stellar special guests just in form of public service announcements (probably filmed at some con) tagged onto the beginning and the end of the movie is really a bit of a disappointment especially to fans of these people who'd like to see them in action - though that said, wrestler Jake the Snake Roberts - who admits to having been a bully earlier in his life - hammers the movie's message home the best.

It's still a film with a lot of heart, and quite a bit of blood and guts ... it's just not where it could have been ...

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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