Cerberus (2005 TV Movie) User Reviews (22)

Watchable- there is a three headed dog.

[Skutter-2 · 4/10 · 15 October 2006]

The kind of thing you would expect for a low budget straight to DVD (Or Sci-fi channel) release. Basically the only reason anybody would watch this movie is to see a big three headed dog chomping on people. It doesn't deliver on that front as much one would hope, particularly in the first half which involves some pretty dull action stuff as our bland heroes and cookie cutter villains search for a magic sword (The sword of Mars, which apparently belonged to Attila the Hun if you're that interested). Things liven up a bit in the second half when the dodgy CGI Cerberus shows up and one of the bad guys gets hold the invulnerability granting sword.

The plot is pretty dumb as one would expect. The level of intelligence you can expect from this movie is evident from the first scene which involves a robbery of museum in eastern Europe by the bad guys involving guys jumping through skylights with machine guns and grappling to the ground. I somehow doubt the level of security in a place like that is such that it would necessitate such an elaborate armed robbery. I guess the makers just thought it would make a cool action opening- It doesn't. As mentioned this is low budget stuff and the makers don't quite have the flair to get past such limitations and most the action sequences in the movie, particularly the gun battles in the first half are of Walker: Texas Ranger quality. An ancient breastplate which is stolen from the museum is supposed to be essential in leading to the magic sword but later on in the film our heroes manage to do so easily without it. In fact, given the importance placed on the sword in terms of archaeological and mythological magic value this presumably much sought after artifact is found very easily and quickly. The other notably dumb plot aspect of this movie is the subplot involving a North Korean general with some nukes. I have no idea why this subplot was added, other than perhaps to try and increase the stakes but it adds nothing to movie and really seems out of place. You won't have to look very far to find lots of other bits of stupidity in this film but hey it's got a big 3 headed killer dog.

The characters and the actors playing them are a boring lot. The script seems like it was written by a twelve year old, complete with lame comedic banter between our hapless heroes which is so feeble and unfunny that nobody would even bother to laugh at the jokes at the end of a Scooby-do episode. There is not a lot of personality to spare between our leads. The male lead of course has a clichéd 'history' with the lead baddie who he used to serve with in the military. The female lead is the standard could pass for a supermodel scientist/archaeologist who is perfectly groomed and made up, even after hours of crawling around in dusty tunnels and who despite her supposed intelligence acts pretty stupidly.

The cheesiness it delivered upon though. There are some fun scenes of the oh so fake CGI doggy tearing people up and some of the stuff with the sword wielding and now invulnerable baddie going on a rampage (All a bit Highlander really)is fun. They even manage to include such clichés as copulating teens getting killed by the beastie in one completely unnecessary scene and, I swear to god, a scene with a mob of European villagers with burning torches and at least one pitchfork. There was potential for a better movie here with the somewhat interesting mythology and the cool monster but this was a strictly paint by numbers, heartless product.

Oh yeah, how the hell is Cerberus meant to return the sword back to Attila's tomb after it has killed anyone who took it?

The Sword and the Dog From Hell

[claudio_carvalho · 5/10 · 28 June 2007]

In Bucharest, Romania, the priceless breastplate of Attila, the Hun is robbed from the National Museum of Antiquities by a gang leaded by the despicable Marcus Cutter (Greg Evidan), and the curator Radu (Gelu Nitu) is killed by one of the thieves. Meanwhile, in New York City, the former assistant of Professor Radu, Dr. Samantha Gaines (Emmanuelle Vaugier), is waiting for the valuable piece for an exhibition. The agent Jake Adams (Sebastian Spence) visits Samantha in the museum to tell about the heist and the death of her friend, and she tells about the legend that the breastplate would have the inscription of the location of the Sword of Mars, which is guarded by Cerberus and made Attila invincible. When Samantha's brother and addicted gambler Jack (Brent Florence) is kidnapped, she believes his debt of US$ 2,000.00 could be the reason, and travels to Romania invited by the evil kidnapper Kul Jae Sung (Garret T. Sato), getting involved in a supernatural adventure with Jake.

"Cerberus" is a reasonable and entertaining adventure, unfortunately "sold" to the viewers as a horror genre by the distributor. I bought this DVD expecting to see a trash movie, and actually it is an action movie with a supernatural dog and sword. The screenplay is flawed and predictable, and also too serious while it should have jokes and humor with the unbelievable situations, but this film is not so bad and does not deserve the IMDb User Rating of 3.9. I only believe that it does not reach the target audience with the scary monster and tagline inducing to horror genre on cover of the DVD. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Cerberus - O Guardião do Inferno" ("Cerberus - The Guardian of Hell")

Mixing Your Legends

[bkoganbing · 3/10 · 19 July 2009]

If nothing else I have to hand it to the creators of Cerberus who managed to mix the religions and legends of several cultures into one wild modern day plot.

Cerberus of Greek mythology as we know is the guardian of the Underworld or Hell as we call it. It seems as though back in the day or back in another day, Attila the Hun made a deal with old Scratch for an invincible sword which is said to be buried with him. But his resting place is both lost to history and is guarded by Cerberus lest someone else get Attila's invincible sword.

Well now a renegade North Korean general with a resemblance to Fu Manchu is played by Garret Sato wants the sword. It's all he needs to start on his road to world conquest. He hires an American mercenary in Greg Evigan to help get the magic blade, but the Evigan starts getting ideas of his own.

You need an archaeologist with a working knowledge of the Balkan legends to help find Attila's grave so that's where Dr. Emmanuelle Vaugier comes in. They kidnap her brother on the pretext of a gambling debt so she comes along. And Evigan has some US Army Special Ops folks looking for him headed by Sebastian Spence. They all meet up with that nasty three headed Cerberus in, where else, Transylvania.

It's imaginative, but in the end Cerberus is still utter claptrap. They should have left the poor beast alone with the Hercules series.

S10 Reviews: Cerberus (2005)

[suspiria10 · 14 November 2005]

S10 Rating: * * 'Cerberus' is a pretty typical SciFi Channel presentation. An interesting premise of the infamous mythical three-headed dog protecting a sword that render the possessor invincibility. The sword was used bu Attila the Hun so that explains his conquering of the little people of his time. As usually a nefarious scheme is hatched by an equally nefarious madman who then sends some mercenaries to grab the little party favor. Of course the lead merc enjoys his taste of power and commences to do his thing while the good guys and girl deal with the dog and now the greedy merc turned madman. Oh the joys of paint-by-numbers made-for-TV cinema. The acting was ho-hum and the direction is plain. The effects were bad as you'd expect but for whatever reason I found it still watchable.

I agree

[agtwine · 1/10 · 10 February 2007]

I found the dialogue, particularly Emmanuelle Vaugier's, very hard to follow. The whole movie was pathetic. I forced myself to watch it all, believing that it would improve.

All the actors in this movie are very experienced (based on their filmographies), so you'd expect they would be able to make something out of a very trite and superficial script.

The special(?) effects were hardly believable - When people lost limbs, it reminded me of the Bridge scene between King Arthur and the Knight from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

Not even the eye candy made up for it.

This could have been good

[Seersha1 · 1/10 · 11 June 2006]

This movie could have been fairly good. I wasn't expecting something spectacular, but there was, I think, potential for it to be quite good. Unfortunately, this movie turned out to be just awful. The first thing that jarred me was the camera work. The acting, editing, special effects and camera work were all just terrible. I'm not one to usually pay particular attention to things like editing and camera work, but those elements were so bad they stood out to me very quickly. As a result, I was often distracted from what was happening in the movie. As I said, I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I was severely disappointed by this movie. I would not personally recommend it to anyone. I didn't find one redeeming factor in this movie.

Not terrible, not outstanding, but mediocre

[TheLittleSongbird · 3/10 · 5 June 2012]

Cerberus seemed like a good idea in hindsight, but when it came to seeing it the execution spoilt any potential the film had. It does get points for the idea, some splashes of silly fun in the second half and for the hotness of Emmanuelle Vaugier. The rest however was lacking for me, and the jaw-droppingly cheap design of Cerberus is not the only bad thing. There is also some choppy editing and the film is dully lit a lot of the time. But that's not all. The dialogue is trite with very ill-judged comic relief, the climax is abrupt and devoid of thrills or tension, the story is muddled(with the second half only a little bit better than the stodgy first half), dull and often ridiculous, the characters are poorly written clichés especially the villains and on the whole the most inspired the actors get is mumbling their lines, nobody seems engaged at all with their characters or even in the film. Overall, a really mediocre movie, could've been worse but there was no real excuse to not put more effort in. 3/10 Bethany Cox

utter rubbish

[greenflea2 · 3/10 · 9 May 2006]

This film is a poor mans cross between James Bond and King Kong. I'm do believe this movie could have a great action horror movie, if most of the movie was related to Cerberus its self, than bothering with crime lords, spies, CIA, etc. The first half of his movie was more of a b-grade spy movie, and the second half is horror.

It seems in these sort of movies that Romanians don't have much in a police force, why aren't the local police called out when people start to drop off?? Why do local Romanian townspeople must always take the law into their own hands to protect themselves, were they simple can called out the police or even the military if need be.

The movie is rather stupid and I'm seriously question, the mentally of the director, like this mother couldn't even film a kids birthday party with-out screwing it up.

A great idea, screw by a low budget and a dumb director.

"Who let the dog out?" Bad creature feature.

[poolandrews · 4/10 · 18 June 2007]

Cerberus starts at the 'National Museum of Antiqities Bucharest, Romania' where evil ex forces villain for hire Marcus Cutter (Greg Evigan) orchestrates the robbery of a breastplate from some armour worn by Atilla the Hun, the breastplate is supposed to reveal the location of Atilla the Hun's sword named the Sword of Mars which is meant to render the owner invincible during battle. Evil Japanese businessman Mr. Sung (Garret Sato) who is into the occult & supernatural wants the sword & is paying Cutter to get it, in order to translate the markings on the breastplate they force New York archaeologist Professor Samantha Gaines (Emmanuelle Vaugier) to fly to Romania to help them. However secret service type bloke Jake Addams (Sebastian Spence) & his men are on the case with orders to stop the Sword of Mars falling into the wrong hands, oh & there's a giant three headed dog named Cerbeus who protects the sword from intruders so just about everyone has a problem of one kind or another...

Co-written & directed by John Terlesky who also has a role in the film as Willis one of Jake Addams men who gets killed with the sword this made-for-TV effort is a pretty damned bad creature feature which even though the DVD/video box probably emphasises the three headed dogs involvement in the film it isn't in it that much. The script by Terlesky & Raul Inglis takes itself far too seriously, it bases itself on the Greek legend of Cerberus the Hound of Hades who guarded the gates of Hades so that the spirits of the dead could enter but none could leave this film pretty much does away with all that & has it guard Atilla the Hun's sword in a move which will surely disappoint those who want something even remotely historically accurate. I suppose one could say Cerberus is a sci-fi orientated rip-off of the Indiana Jones films without the action or charm as for the majority of it's duration it feels like an archaeological adventure as it deals with the hunt & discovery of the magical sword, the three headed dog doesn't get much screen time & isn't that important overall to the story. I personally thought Cerberus was an extremely dumb film, it's stupid & filled with unlikeable character's & bad dialogue. The ending is poor too with Cerbeus dispatched so quickly & easily the supposed climax is over before it even starts. To it's credit it moves along at a fair pace but I still found it pretty dull & boring since the action scenes are flat & unexciting. Cerberus is one of those really bad films that you keep watching for the unintentional laughs & the morbid curiosity to see just how bad it actually gets, there are better creature features out there so don't say you weren't warned.

Director Terlesky does alright, there's not really much in the way of style but it's competent. The special effects are awful, the CGI computer effects on Cerberus itself are laughable, it's amazing how bad CGI looks when it doesn't have literally millions spent on it. I've seen children's cartoons with better animated character's than Cerbeus. There's nothing scary here, there's no tension & not much atmosphere either while the action scenes lack any real excitement. Gore wise not much is happening here, someone has their head bitten off, someone legs are bitten off, someones hand is cut off, there's an OK decapitation & a severed arm.

With a supposed budget of about $1,700,000 I admit the filmmakers didn't have much money to play around with, I suppose it's OK considering the budget & it's quite well made apart from the terrible CGI computer effects. This was actually shot in Bucharest in Romania. The acting isn't up to much but Vaugier as Samantha is seriously hot.

Cerberus is an OK time waster if your an undemanding sci-fi fan & have nothing better to do for 90 odd minutes, personally I made it through to the end without falling asleep so that's worth something by itself. Not the worse creature feature out there but far from the best, difficult to recommend.

I love crappy sci-fi movies, but this "film" just sucks

[bellinghop · 1/10 · 15 August 2006]

OK, this movie is not supposed to be good. But it's not a "so bad it's good" movie, it's just plain bad. There is not enough clever/gratuitous violence to keep me interested. In fact, this movie is horribly mean-spirited at times. For a movie that tries to have clever funny one liners to lighten the mood, it seems horribly out of place to have a girl raped. The tone of this movie is just misguided.

There is no one in this movie to cheer for or want to watch. There are some people you wish would die, but unfortunately they don't.

If you are looking for an awesome creature movie, check out Frankenfish. That is real entertainment!

A good movie to watch if ...

[diogenes-13 · 5/10 · 17 May 2021]

This is a surprising good movie to watch if you are fond of.scenes shot entirely by flashlight!

Possibly the best Sci-Film made

[redhead9898 · 10/10 · 7 October 2007]

The film is about when Zach Gaines is kidnapped by Kul Jae Sung, his sister, Samantha Gaines, has to team up with bad guys to get him back to help them get a sword from Romania, since they stole the breastplate. Jake Addams and Burke chase them down and find her, it is revealed he is the man that Samantha talked to about Cerberus. Meanwhile, Marcus Cutter give Kul Jae the breastplate, then another bad guy Max is killed by two dogs, meanwhile, they get Zach and go to Romania to get the sword first, they get it, Cerberus, a three headed dog from hell, attack them and kills Burke. They escape while Marcus gets the sword for Kul Jae, when he returns at a town, he takes over a shop and kills the manager, holds the wife hostage until Kul Jae and two men come for the sword. He says he wants to keep it and slices Kul Jae's head off, kills the men while Samantha, Zach and Jake go to the village when the villagers start to put chairs ant tables and light them on fire, Cerberus kills teens camping out, and leaps over the fire, kills some villagers, while Jake and Marcus fight over the sword, Zach is thrown through a shop window and Jake throws Marcus off a building and gets eaten by Cerberus, he tosses the sword down to Samantha, who tries to get it, but Cerberus tail, which is a snake, pulls her away, while Jake stabs Cerberus in the head, who dies, and is transported back to hell. then, Zach walks over to him they hug and walk away. I give this film a A- you will like it!

A surprisingly good action / adventure / horror / fantasy film

[boyinflares · 7/10 · 26 June 2006]

Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sebastian Spence and Brent Florenece star in this surprisingly good film which blends action, adventure, horror and fantasy competently. The premise is simple, Vaugier's Dr. Samantha Gaines is a leading historian and is forced into helping a villainous collector find the sword of Attila the Hun which would grant him even more power. Gaines is forced to help the villain as he has kidnapped her brother, Zach, played by Brent Florence. Gaines is helped by Jake Adams (the handsome Sebastian Spence) and his fellow adventurers, who also delve out most of the comic relief in the film. Naturally, the heroes - and the villains - eventually come across the legendary Cerebus, the three headed dog that guards Attila the Hun's tomb. From then on in, the heroes have to deal with stopping the villain and staying alive as Cerebus is hot on their tracks. The acting is decent from the leads, the scenery is okay, however the Cerebus CGI could have been better. All in all though, a fun 90 minute adventure.

So, so bad

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 10 February 2015]

This is a really, really terrible Sci Fi Channel movie, a film that's bad even by their diabolical standards. Marketed as some kind of cheapie monster horror, instead this turns out to be a low-rent action adventure (think Indiana Jones with ghoulies) filmed on the cheap in Romania and without a single redeeming value to recommend it.

The film's worthless plot sees an evil North Korean general (aren't they all?) hunting down the fabled sword of Attila the Hun, which will grant all manner of special powers. Unfortunately, Cerberus (the three-headed dog that guards the gates to Hell in Greek mythology) is on the loose, munching his way through various non-entities low down on the cast list.

CERBERUS is a complete failure as a film. 95% of the scenes take place in almost total pitch blackness, so that you can't see the true horror of the dodgy CGI effects. The acting sucks, there are no recognisable cast members, and the script is equally diabolical with no interesting scenes or people and no recognisable beginning, middle or end. Needless to say, I hated this with a vengeance.

Cerberus

[JSmallz75 · 3/10 · 16 July 2006]

I was very disappointed in this movie. I was expecting more in a movie based on one of Mythology's most feared creatures. Cerberus didn't even look real, the computer work was below average and the visual effects were awful. I was expecting so much more than what I saw, I mean, the camera work was horrible and the storyline wasn't all that great either. I was expecting to see the underworld and truly disturbing stuff. Instead we see Cerberus on Earth ripping a few people apart and they don't really show that much of him dismembering people, just a second or two. The only thing I must say that I liked about this movie is that there was a decapitation or two and blood squirting out of people, that was about all there was that was worth watching. I personally don't recommend that fans of Mythology watch this movie because you will most likely be disappointed like I was.

Horrible

[gianmarcoronconi · 1/10 · 24 April 2023]

Horrible film that was shot in 2005 but seems to have been shot 50 years earlier both for the quality of the shot which is bad and for the special effects which are so ridiculous as to be almost funny. The plot itself though trivial is cute and engaging but it's staged horrendously and even acted horribly so the movie has no chance of salvation because it's all rubbish, also the ending is ridiculous and completely senseless and anticlimactic. So in general the movie is awful, with awful special effects, terribly shot and acted in a way that is almost laughable in how bad it is. Horrible, simply horrible.

Who Let the Dog Out?

[samleviking · 5/10 · 10 August 2021]

"Cerberus" was probably one of the best SciFi originals I've seen, if not the best.

Technically speaking, it's not a very good movie. But it is overall enjoyable by its cheesiness and nonsensical plot that is almost as bad than Resident Evil games!

Attila the Hun, Roman mythology, some sparkles of Greek mythology, Romanian villagers, dad jokes, guns, explosions, B-movie badassery, PG-13 violence, souvenir shop quality props and north-korean conspiracy subplot... I'm already sold!

Recommended for those educated in the art of nanar.

And special mention to the French dub, that adds a new depth of fun.

Refreshing fun amusing cheesy sci fi movie

[drystyx · 6/10 · 24 December 2006]

A lot of sci-fi movies have been made lately, some okay, some terrible, and overall better than the badly scripted ones of the prior three decades. This one had all the better elements of B movie sci fi. A lot of adventure, a cheesy but likable plot, cheesy but likable characters, action, character, atmosphere, and well written and played humor in the right spots. The plot is made to be so hokey that we know this is supposed to be an unbelievable situation, so you have to accept this unbelievable world much as you would a Tolkien world. The unbelievability is more in line with a Bond world, however. If you like Bond movies, you would probably relish this movie. The sword of a Hun leader (the most famous one of course), is stolen from the Roman God of war, Mars, and guarded by the Greek three headed dog, Cerebus, in a village straight out of the Bavarian-Romanian Dracula type movies. So clearly, the writers had a ball putting this together, and no one is expected to take it seriously. Just sit back and enjoy the fun. The lead characters are very extreme, much like James Bond characters, but though the roles are unbelievable, the motivations and actions of the characters ring true in their predicaments. Each of the minor characters is presented with a bit of witticism, mystique, and integrity. No one is a wimp in this movie. And the decisions of the characters are well timed in credibility, which makes this a superior B movie. There are some great humorous moments, such as the bit when the girl suggests using the method of Orpheus to combat the dog beast. And we all know what the other characters think when she suggests a lyre. One of the best scripted pieces done in science fiction. This is what some of the more celebrated and high budget movies wanted to be, but failed. Entertaining and likable.

Not bad for a Sci-Fi original

[gtc83 · 6/10 · 31 October 2005]

This movie is about the search for the sword of Attila the Hun, which will make it's possessor invincible. The bad guys consist of Greg Evigan (definitely NOT reprising his role from BJ and the Bear), and some North Korean general who left his country and is now trying to sell nukes on the open market. Evigan does a credible job as a semi-psycho ex-special forces soldier. The good guys are led by Sebastian Spence (Cade Foster from First Wave). He's a very welcome change from the usual Dean Cain or Lorenzo Lamas that the Sci-Fi Channel gets to star in their movies. Spence is assisted by a female scientist who's an expert in all things ancient, and a couple of other special forces types who more or less provide comedy relief.

Overall, a pretty good movie. A bit too much comic relief from the sidekicks, and the characters don't seem to take the situation all that seriously. But, the acting is good, the locations are nice, and the CGI isn't nearly as bad as a lot of Sci-Fi Channel stuff.

It kept me interested from beginning to end and didn't make me cringe or laugh at any unintentional humor. I'd recommend it to B-movie lovers.

Not that bad Sci-Fi Channel film

[slayrrr666 · 7/10 · 17 October 2006]

"Cerberus" is a rather routine Sci-Fi Channel original creature feature.

**SPOILERS**

As Dr. Samantha Gaines, (Emmanuelle Vaugier) begins preparing a special exhibit for Attila the Hun, her brother Zach, (Brent Florence) runs afoul of gang leader Kul Jae Subg, (Garret T. Sato) who has become obsessed with finding the fabled sword in possession of Attila. Teaming up with Jake Addams, (Sebastian Spence) a mercenary, to track down the sword. When both teams arrive to take the sword, the three-headed dog Cerberus is unleashed and begins to hunt down everything in it's path. Using her historical knowledge, Samantha and Jake struggle to save the local village from the monster's rampage.

The Good News: As bad as it seemed, there's still some great moments in here. First of all, the concept for the creature this time is pretty neat. Having a mythical creature from Greece , Cerberus, strikes as a very fearsome opponent. With three vicious, growling dog heads and an expanding snake for a tail combine into a very memorable creation, even if it doesn't strike the necessary fear buttons. The use of mythology used here is actually pleasant, allowing for some intelligence rather than the traditional toxic chemicals or experiments that create the majority of creature features. There's an extremely huge body count here, allowing for tons of deaths. Several are eviscerated, one has both legs bitten off, several limbs are bitten off, a head is bitten off in the best shock in the film, and there's also an assortment of gunshots and sword wounds as well. There's plenty of deaths involved. There's also the odd impressive sequence, such as the three heads slowly appearing behind a group of unsuspecting victims through a roaring fire or the initial appearance of the creature that are pretty decent, and the final half hour of the film is non-stop action. It's not all that bad of a film.

The Bad News: As per usual with these types of films, the CGI effects completely ruin the credibility of the monster. It looks horribly cheap and never for once gives the impression that the creature is actually on-screen during it's scenes. It's a common problem for the Sci-Fi Channel's films, so this really shouldn't be a problem for it's fans, but it's disheartening to see them have so many films and yet not fixed this glaring problem. The amount of disregard for logic in here is staggering at times. The most obvious is the entire plot-line, which combines one of the most famous Asian conquerors in history with the Christian concept of Satan and a three-headed dog from Greek mythology is one of the most illogical and mind-numbing exercises around. It doesn't make sense that to cross that many different cultures and pull them off is pretty hard to swallow. Also hard is a scene where a Romanian peasant was able to recognize the significance of a satanic sword once owned by an Asian warlord that's now guarded by a monster from Greek mythology. This is just so hard to believe that it can't be passed up. The fact that the title monster has so little screen-time and actual kills among the huge body count is another big crime against it. He really needed to be around more to give more of a threat to the characters. This was a really disappointing effort.

The Final Verdict: A rather typical Sci-Fi Channel original, this one at least uses a historical backdrop for the creature rather than some bio-engineered creation or over-grown insect. It's decent fun at the very least, but they've done a lot better and a lot worse, so take it from where you stand with their films.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language

Who let the demon dog out?

[michaelRokeefe · 6/10 · 30 October 2005]

Sci-Fi channel presents CERBERUS: a three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hell. The CGI is not that obtrusive, actually blended better than a lot out there. Before the breastplate belonging to Attila the Hun can be shipped to NYC for exhibition it is stolen. It is suppose to give clues to where the fabled battle sword is located...one restriction is that even if the clue is found, the sword is guarded by a three-headed dog. Greg Evigan plays the bad ass greed monger that intends to be invincible by having possession of Attila's sword. Supporting cast includes: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Garret Sato, Brent Florence and KB Nau.

Sigh

[neil-476 · 28 August 2009]

Why do I watch these things? In the forlorn hope that they might turn out to be better than I know they are going to be.

See, the acting and script may be OK (well, let's be honest, generic baddie is over the top and down the other side), but there are these two things to consider...

One is the gore. There's quite a lot of it and it is utterly unconvincing. This is probably not a bad thing. However...

The second is Cerberus himself. Cerberus is, I'm afraid, downright bad. Bad CGI of a bad design animated badly and integrated badly into background plates. It would have been more convincing if they had used a giant cardboard cutout (and I have a feeling that, in some scenes, they may have done just that).

Because the film is actually named after its least successful - by which I mean completely unsuccessful - element, the verdict must be "failure."