The tyranist's thoughts
There was some question as to whether this was horror, but as soon as I realized that this was George Romero's take on the same theme that fueled American Psycho (and therefore a better movie by default), I felt comfortable dealing with it on Horror's terms.
Jason Flemyng plays a wimpy, pushed-around corporate slug prone to violent daydreams involving the people who push him around. He wakes up one morning after having finally been pushed too far to discover that he has no face. His identity is gone. And with it certain inhibitions.
I've liked Jason Flemyng since I first saw him in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and he does a much better job playing an American psychopath than Christian Bale did. The core idea behind the plot is neat and the killer being the point of view character turns out to be surprisingly sympathetic. There isn't as much gore as we've come to expect from Romero, but the movie is a fine one. Not a classic like, say, Dawn of the Dead, but certainly a nice movie worth seeing.