Tuesday 17 June 2014

Film Review: Animal (2014)

Genre: Horror Thriller

Cert: R-rated 18 cert

Director: Brett Simmons

Screen writer: Thommy Hutson, Catherine Trillo

Starring: Jeremy Sumpter , Joey Lauren Adams , Elizabeth Gillies , Keke Palmer , Amaury Nolasco , Parker Young , Eve , Paul Iacono , Thorsten Kaye

Running time: 86 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Young girl with her button undone show a bit of cleavage.

Violence & Gore: teenager being torn apart, gory scenes

Profanity:  strong language 

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: none

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene might seem in intense for some viewers 



Story: When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing, blood thirsty predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As the body count rises, the group must put their differences aside and fight for survival.

Likes : Straight off the bat this film had promise but very quickly became predictable with alot of scream & running around.There isn't much in a way of well known actors apart from Elizabeth Gillies who ive seen in a few other film that does a pretty good performance in this film & (law & orders star) Amaury Nolasco who play a pretty convincing scary but losing his mind to the situation. This is not a hatch & slasher type movie this is what you call the creature feature type horror film, as you see a bunch of teenage on a hiking trip for a nice day of fun when the sh*t hits the fan when they come across this creature that hungers for blood it becomes a fight for survival.
There is few moments that you thinking WTF to holy hell didn't see that coming which makes some parts of this film intense & make you jump but the rest of the film is pretty much predictable in some way you kind of find your self think how dumb are these teenage not to realise curtain things about this creature, you kind of find yourself shout at the screen at them lol which yes is pointless but you just cant help yourself sometimes.
Dont get me wrong this film is one of those film if you into the cheesy creatures film your going to absolutely love this film, although i do find some low budget film good, this one is slightly entertaining or tho a little predictable with flaws so this film is not really going to be for everyone.

Dislikes : I think this film could of been better if we didn't see the creatures until the very end really it kind of left the film predictable because of it,but still entertaining.

Overall : Pretty entertaining creature feature, ok acting although a little wooden, fan of these film might love.

Rating: 3.7 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.2 out of 10 for story-line / creature design




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