When you were a kid, did you ever wonder if there was a monster hiding underneath your bed?
For young Aurora (Sophie Sloane), there really is such a creature lurking beneath her mattress and it’s seemingly killed her foster parents. She’s next on the menu, and only her mysterious next-door neighbor, “5B” (Mads Mikkelsen), can help her. She’s in luck, as 5B is a hitman for hire and thinks Aurora’s family was killed by assassins looking for him. Together, they’ll face monsters real and imagined with bravery, humor and a lot of guns.
It’s no surprise Dust Bunny is weird — it’s directed by Bryan Fuller, who charmed and traumatized the world with such cult TV shows as Pushing Daisies and Hannibal. He does it again with this film, which is best described as a weird hybrid of kids fantasy and crime thriller. It shouldn’t work, but it does, and the imaginative visuals and lead performance by Mikkelsen as an unlikely avenger will make you want to watch it again.
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