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Attack Of The Sabretooth [2006]
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1 Deserted island + 1 hungry Sabretooth = Prehistoric TERROR!!!
Review date: 2008-08-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
A good firm storyline and dazzling special effects.
A very enjoyable movie.
If you like prehistoric animals mixed with action and horror movies then don't hesitate to get it!
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FULL OF SURPRISES
Review date: 2007-11-03 Rating: 8 out of 10
As the owner of the Valalola Park, Niles, (Nicholas Bell) prepares for the arrival of his brother-in-law, Grant (Robert Carradine) he gives the facility the last overview. His security team, Savannah (Stacy Heiduk) assures him that a re-occurring power malfunction is of no concern, just as Niles welcomes a small group of college students into his resort on the island. The winners comprise of Kirk, (Billy Aaron Brown) the jock, Alaina, (Amanda Stephens) the brainy chick, Alys, (Cleopatra Coleman) the Goth chick, Robbie, (Parry Shen) the token Asian, and Collette (Natalie Avital) the other brainy woman. A small glitch in the fences around the park allows a carnivorous Sabretooth Tiger to escape the park. The college students are unaware of this, and continue on a scavenger hunt. When Savannah informs Niles of the creatures' escape, he doesn't do anything about it, claiming that it would ruin the park's future. As the college students scour around, they end up disabling the entire security measures for the park. This lets the cats in to the park, where they prey upon the park's visitors and the college students.
The Good News: The beginning of the movie is really good. A security guard on duty comes up to a small opening in a fence, and wanders out into the open area on the other side of the fence. While investigating a stream, he bends down to check something, then notices that an arm is missing, with the shotgun attached, lying on the ground a few feet away from him. Blood spurting from the stump, he stumbles towards the gun, only to have the gun kicked away from the severed arm by a feline foot. A great way to introduce carnage early into the film. There was also a great shot a little later in the film that really stuck out in the film. Another security guard goes to check on the first one's disappearance, and he finds the pieces of the missing guard. He looks up, and in his sunglasses, you see the reflected Sabretooth coming straight for him in the glasses. That one shot really impressed me, mainly because it was so unusual, and I had never really seen a shot like that before. I also really loved the amount of gore in the film. We get the arm ripped off, a disemboweling, three decapitations, and a severe mauling, among others. The mauling I think is the best of the gore scenes, because the way the scene is set up is really great. A college student is split up from the group, and armed with a spear, sees a Sabretooth approach in the dark distance. The Sabretooth approaches and the student hurls the spear at it. It misses, and the Sabretooth leaps onto the student and begins attacking, savagely attacking. Another student hears the cries and goes to investigate, and witnesses the Sabretooth decapitate the other student, then hurl their head at him. The blood sprays all over the wall, leaving the students imprint on the wall in blood. A second decapitation also deserves special mention. A man and a woman are walking in the woods, and we see the Sabretooth sitting in a tree watching them. He lets the woman pass, and the guy walks by. The cat swings out with a paw, and we see the decapitated head land in a small cluster of bushes. The body, though, continues to walk down the path with the stump spurting out tons of blood. With all these great compliments, perhaps the greatest is that you never know who will die in the film. Based on the five people I've mentioned above, take three guesses about who will die, and you'll get two of them wrong. With the stereotyped characters in here, it was a great surprise to see that your judgments are sometimes proved wrong. With an action-packed second half that more than makes up for the slow first half, you become drawn in and it becomes a bit more entertaining than you would think.
The Bad News: This movie takes an eternity to get moving. We get a lot of scenes about Niles trying to set up how great his park is and trying to rub Grant's nose in his success. If the first forty minutes contained at least five minutes less of setting up the party and picked off a party guest or two or set up a great suspense scene, then it wouldn't be such a chore to sit through the beginning after the opening attack. Also, the absolutely horrible CGI used in the end of the movie is just embarrassing, as it looks like entry-level computer programmers could make those scenes. It is a shame, because there are plenty of great ideas stacked in there, but the weak CGI brings it down and really ruins it. Those are really the main complaints, as we get gore, good characters, and lots of surprises.
The Final Verdict: With some really great surprises and some satisfying gore, there is plenty to enjoy about the film. With a bit of patience, it pays off splendidly for a slow beginning with a great ending, so take the time to invest in it. It does pay off.
Sabretooth [2006]
Review date: 2007-10-12 Rating: 2 out of 10
Filmed more than a decade after 'Jurassic Park' and featuring CGI technology, this B-movie science fiction thriller adopts many of the ideas used in 'Jurassic'.
Here we have an obnoxious money-greedy businessman who has created a 'Jurassic' theme park to house his genetically engineered species of long-since extinct sabretooth tigers. Niles [Nicholas Bell] invites a number of potential business partners onto the island - including a distant friend [Robert Carradine] - as well as a group of teenagers who have been set the task of embarking upon a scavenger hunt.
Niles' egotistical and greedy personality - and his incompetent security staff - spell trouble for those on the island, as the prehistoric monster-cats break free in search of food.
Overall the acting is stilted, the storyline weak and predictable, the dialogue heavily cliched. Instead of offering the viewer terrifying beasts, the CGI effects render the sabretooth cats seemingly animated. Even the gore effects are amateurish.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Brian Wimmer
Robert Carradine
Nicholas Bell
Creators:
Robert Carradine (Primary Contributor)
Nicholas Bell (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5035822676039
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-02-26
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 88 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006
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