Bully the Movie, What Happens when a Bully Bullies the Wrong Person?

In the mid '90s, I remember vividly my friends and I hearing about a group of teenagers not much older than myself  taking their friend into an isolated area in Florida and giving him the ultimate betrayal. As we talked about how crazy these kids were, neither me nor my friends wanted to believe that something like this could happen. These group of kids looked no different than the kids next door or even us for that matter.

Several years later this incident was totally forgotten by me until I happened to spot the movie Bully while I was browsing a dvd store on-line. Initially what caught my attention was the image of Brad Renfro on the cover. I enjoyed the movie The Client and always thought Renfro was a remarkable actor for his age. While reading the synopsis, memories came flooding back of the story I had heard about several years ago. I thought it would be interesting to see what the heck was going through these kids minds.

Bully

Living in Broward County Florida, Marty Puccio (Brad Renfro) and Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) seem on the surface to be inseparable. However, very early it is realized that Bobby is a bully. Bobby is not the take your lunch money type bully. He is the bully that everyone should be terrified of. His bullying ranges from punching and beating to the absolute horror of rape.

When Lisa Connally (Rachel Miner) meets Bobby and Marty working at a local Publix, she is immediately drawn to Marty. Her best friend Ali Willis (Bijou Phillips) is present as well and the two girls begin spending time with Marty and Bobby. It doesn't take long for Lisa to witness and realize just how horrible Bobby is. 

She notices a big change in Marty's attitude whenever Bobby is around. While Bobby constantly berates Marty, instead of standing up for himself he seems to take his anger out on Lisa. In Lisa's mind, Bobby is the source of everyone's problem since his bullying is not limited to only Marty. If beating up isn't enough, Bobby also rapes and beats both Ali and Lisa. Lisa believes the only way the abuse will stop is if Bobby is done away with entirely.