Mads Mikkelsen is a killer-for-hire, living in the same building as the tormented Aurora (Sophie Sloan), little girl whose name he can never pronounce. Aurora's nightmares bring visions of a monster who lives in her floor, and who devours everyone who touches said floor. Deciding she can no longer endure the night terrors, the little girl decides to hire her neighbor so he can kill her monster.
Hovering between a dark Tim Burton children's fantasy and a John Wick-esque universe in which assassins roam galore, Dust Bunny is a visually stunning, but a narratively flat action fable. Characters appear in and out of the story, including assassin handler Laverna (Sigourney Weaver), without ever leaving much of an impact. The screenplay is surprisingly dull, containing very little that's quotable, to say nothing of the omnipresent uneven tone.
Director Bryan Fuller has made a movie that is all eye candy; let's hope he fuses it with a worthy screenplay next time.
☆☆
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