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Syd has spent years wasting away in a washed-up hick town, but after meeting Nora his life will never be the same. Easily seduced by her charms, Syd is pulled into her dark world and an unforgettable night of passion. But in the light of day Syd begins to realize that his reckless night with Nora has filled him with a growing animal instinct to fight. This is only the beginning to Syd s journey into the unknown world of the ANIMALS lurking amidst us all. Adapted from the cult best selling novel and starring Naveen Andrews (TV s Lost) in a role that will shock and horrify audiences.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: In Reno, Vic and Nora form an unusual couple of predators between human and animals that feed of human blood and enjoy having sex. Nora decides to leave Vic and heads to Clayton Valley, where she meets the former football player Jarrett in the bar Jules' Joint. Jarrett was in college with a scholarship, but he had an accident that interrupted his promising career and he had returned to his hometown. His best friend Jules idolizes him and has many pictures and trophies of Jarrett exposed in his bar; the bartender Jane has a secret crush on him. Presently Jarrett has a problem with his chief Vaughn that persecutes him at work. Nora is harassed by Vaughn in the bar, but she refuses his invitation and goes to Jarrett's house; she bites him while they have wild sex. Jarrett feels his senses more accurate but he does not understand what is happening to him. When Vic arrives in town seeking out Nora, Jarrett discovers that Vic is not human while Nora and his friends are jeopardized by the cruel creature. ...Animals (2008)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Jarrett went to college when he was younger as a very promising football player, after a bad injury ended his chances of going pro he returned to his dead end town. He's now broke, unhappy and struggling to hold onto his job. Suddenly a women called Nora walks into the local bar and they hit it off, they go back to his place and get their freak on. She bites him and his life is turned on it's head, especially when Vic turns up to reclaim Nora.
The movie started off reasonably well, I used to quite like Marc Blucas on Buffy and he's okay here. I've never seen Lost so apart from Planet Terror that's my only experience of seeing Naveen Andrews act, based on his performance here I can only assume he's much better on Lost because I wasn't impressed by him here at all. Nicki Aycox was okay, she spends a fair bit of time in this movie nude for any male fans of hers.
The story seemed to be interesting, a race of people who transform into weird computery glowing wolf looking animals. After about 25 minutes or so, until about an hour in it's basically just a soft core porn film. Sex scene after sex scene in some really elaborate scenes that are reminiscent of the awful Showgirls, unfortunately it gets worse from here. As we get into our showdowns in the last 20 minutes, the movie turns into a CGI disaster. The actors are suddenly replaced by some of the worst CGI i've ever seen put on screen, it's horrible. There's no sense of weight or realism to the creatures, it's clearly CGI and all bright and looks like electricity shooting around in an animal shape. I assumed the reason it was so poor was a tiny budget, after checking I found it had a $5,500,000 budget which made the effects inexcusable for me. It should have been done using practical effects, just look how well they used it on Dog Soldiers. The director Douglas Aarniokoski previously made Highlander : Endgame, that's all I have to say on him.
It isn't scary, tense, funny, well acted or full of great effects, it's just filled with sex scenes, hammy dialogue and horrendous special effects. It was similar to another horrible film I recently saw called Hyenas, this is better than that but not by much. The last 20 seconds made me laugh, it was like the Wonder Years with Blucas doing a talk over and actually sounded like Daniel Stern. There are literally thousands of films out there much more deserving of your money, but any fans of Blucas, Andrews and especially Aycox then it's probably worth a look.
The movie started off reasonably well, I used to quite like Marc Blucas on Buffy and he's okay here. I've never seen Lost so apart from Planet Terror that's my only experience of seeing Naveen Andrews act, based on his performance here I can only assume he's much better on Lost because I wasn't impressed by him here at all. Nicki Aycox was okay, she spends a fair bit of time in this movie nude for any male fans of hers.
The story seemed to be interesting, a race of people who transform into weird computery glowing wolf looking animals. After about 25 minutes or so, until about an hour in it's basically just a soft core porn film. Sex scene after sex scene in some really elaborate scenes that are reminiscent of the awful Showgirls, unfortunately it gets worse from here. As we get into our showdowns in the last 20 minutes, the movie turns into a CGI disaster. The actors are suddenly replaced by some of the worst CGI i've ever seen put on screen, it's horrible. There's no sense of weight or realism to the creatures, it's clearly CGI and all bright and looks like electricity shooting around in an animal shape. I assumed the reason it was so poor was a tiny budget, after checking I found it had a $5,500,000 budget which made the effects inexcusable for me. It should have been done using practical effects, just look how well they used it on Dog Soldiers. The director Douglas Aarniokoski previously made Highlander : Endgame, that's all I have to say on him.
It isn't scary, tense, funny, well acted or full of great effects, it's just filled with sex scenes, hammy dialogue and horrendous special effects. It was similar to another horrible film I recently saw called Hyenas, this is better than that but not by much. The last 20 seconds made me laugh, it was like the Wonder Years with Blucas doing a talk over and actually sounded like Daniel Stern. There are literally thousands of films out there much more deserving of your money, but any fans of Blucas, Andrews and especially Aycox then it's probably worth a look.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Not worth it, really not worth it.
23 Feb 2010
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This movie had an interesting idea behind it. However there were only 2 actors that could act, there was not enough of a story to go with it. Sure, the overall plot was acceptable, but there was no real drama or hook that draws you in, begging for you to see the next scene. There was very little character development and of course the CGI was (I'll be kind) lacking in anything remotely resembling a great monster impression. Bottom line, If you like a stale story, horrible special effects, and 7 sex scenes randomly placed within a movie for no reason at all, then this is the show for you! However if you like actual character and story development, real drama, and a longing to know how it will turn out, then please do not waste your money like I did. This movie was not worth the $3 dollars I lost to watch it. Please learn from my mistake, do not watch Animals.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Missed The Mark
30 Jun 2010
Format:DVD
Animals should have been a good "Grade B" horror flick, but it really never got interesting enough to make it worth seeing.
The plot seemed interesting enough - No spoilers from me: The story revolves around a washed up football player who returns to his backwards hometown only to fall into a serious rut. Along comes a beautiful stranger who takes an interest in him, but she has a serious ulterior motive.
What follows is a lot of sex, some fairly well done gore effects, a few weak fight scenes, and perhaps the cheesiest CGI special effects ever (seriously). The acting was on par with other low budget movies, but there were really no standouts to make this movie worth seeing again. This movie really moved slowly and the odd camera work and editing also made it difficult to watch.
Not Recommended.
CFH
The plot seemed interesting enough - No spoilers from me: The story revolves around a washed up football player who returns to his backwards hometown only to fall into a serious rut. Along comes a beautiful stranger who takes an interest in him, but she has a serious ulterior motive.
What follows is a lot of sex, some fairly well done gore effects, a few weak fight scenes, and perhaps the cheesiest CGI special effects ever (seriously). The acting was on par with other low budget movies, but there were really no standouts to make this movie worth seeing again. This movie really moved slowly and the odd camera work and editing also made it difficult to watch.
Not Recommended.
CFH
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Pinata Monsters
7 Jan 2011
Format:DVD
If you like special effects that turn so-called monsters into paper mache' pinatas, this one's for you! What a joke. The acting was non-extistent; script played out like it was written by a 10-year-old, and the blood effects looked like jellied cranberries. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid...I wish I had, before wasting my time on this total BOMB! I give this 1 star because of the cover artwork. It is quite impressive...so unlike the film! AVOID!
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