Screenwriter Alex Larsen packs in so many ideas that the film is as intellectually dense as anything by Jean-Luc Godard, though director Joseph Kahn maintains a fluid style throughout.

It's neither a rewarding drama nor a substantial set of ideas, but its implications and by-products, suggestions and overtones are far more enjoyable to contemplate than the movie is to experience.

Bodied is uneven, but it has the fire where it counts.

Satire is tricky business; one weak link and the entire edifice collapses. Bodied is a brash and loud testament.