Saturday 14 February 2015

Film Review: Red Machine: hunt or be hunted (also known as Grizzly)

Genre: Action Horror Thriller  WARNING: This film contain graphic scene of body dismemberment & blood)

Cert: R-rated (18 cert)

Director: David Hackl

Screen writer: Guy Moshe ( screenplay ) J.R. Reher ( Screenplay - Story )  

Running time: 120 min
 

Starring:
 James Marsden , Billy Bob Thornton , Piper Perabo , Thomas Jane , Scott Glenn , Adam Beach , Michaela McManus , Patrick Sabongui , Luisa D'Oliveira ,Seth Isaac Johnson ,Reese Alexander ,  Bart the Bear , Kelly Curran , Sean O. Roberts , Sarah Desjardins.

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

Sex & Nudity: a woman take off her top show full frontal nudity, one kissing scene

Violence & Gore: This film contains graphic scene of dismemberment from bears attacks, bear being cut up, wooden stick is seen throw a woman leg blood is shown.

Profanity: very strong language through out

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Drinking was seen in a bar.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The bear scene are very intense & frighten not suitable for younger viewer, due to the content of this film is not suit for anyone under 18 due to the level of violence's



Story: Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild, thing seem to be ok until body's start to show up & the other animal in the area start to leave. In the Investigation the two bother come face to face with a rogue bear out for blood it become a fight for survival they they try to escape area as they are being hunted down by a blood third animal.

Likes : Wow im not sure if this film will be a cinema or dvd realise but this should be a cinema release because it got the concept & tone to really put the audience on the edge of their seats & cowering in fear as this is the Orca of Bear films.
This kept a stead pace through out the film that keeps the intense & suspenseful tone which is brilliantly done , the location scenery and setting are fantastic film in the Alaskan forests, this film dose get very grizzly at time that shock you (no pun intended) which is hard to watch as most scene of dead bear cubs may upset you, but the body dismemberment and so on really give the film this sense of danger around every tree that draws you in to a very intense & frighting film that will bring you to the edge of your seat & throw you back in fear.

Veteran Scott Glenn (back-draft), James Marsden (x-men) , Thomas Jane (punisher) as a hunter character turned conservationist who butts heads with Billy Bob (bad Santa) Thornton's hardened hunter along with Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs) & Michaela McManus (C.S.I ) bring a performance that dosent easy up on the tension & suspense in the film as they are being hunted down, this is some of the best acting ive seen in a film for a while, that brings brilliant cinematography fantastic on scene filming some of the best animal training ive seen as Bart the bear seriously is a star of his own, almost stole the film with a great acting to make himself very suspense, intense & frighten animal in this film was just amazing.
Not sure if Bart the Bear is related to his mother who starred in Grizzly park (1976) but he look well looked after & health which im glad of amazing big bear perfect for this film.
It's very close to the film The Edge from (1997) & Ghost in the Darkness in (1997). What could have been Jaws like movie, is more like Orca - The Killer Whale which very brutal nasty scene & scene that will make you turn away from the screen. This is a film i highly recommend watching if you get the chance outstanding film of fear,suspense & intense moments. Note: No animal were harmed in the making of this film.


Dislikes : My only complaint is that some scene came off on screen a little unreal with the green screen as some scene were clearly seen to be green screen in the back ground of the actors/ actress it just look a little fake in one scene but all the other scene were OK.

Overall : bloody thirst, suspenseful, intense, frightening, outstanding acting.worth watching

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10 for concept




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