THE FUSE

Terrified of a seemingly imaginary creature under her bed, yet unfazed when street rats crawl around her while she hides under a dumpster, young Aurora (Sophie Sloan) has learned to be precociously independent. In writer-director Bryan Fuller’s morbidly fantastical shoot-’em-up “Dust Bunny,” Aurora tries to procure the services of her enigmatic and nameless neighbor (Danish star Mads Mikkelsen) to kill the monster she believes has swallowed her parents. By then, the girl has already witnessed how he destroys a “dragon” in a dazzling action sequence amid colorful fireworks that illuminate the dark, gritty, unnamed city where they reside. Aurora has vetted his credentials.