Movie concepts don't get much simpler than this: on a supposedly deserted island, genetically enhanced, rabid-like dogs attack five college kids who have gone there for a weekend of fun. It's kind of surprising that a movie like this, made in 2006, still gets theatrical release in some countries; this is usually direct-to-DVD stuff. With that said, however, "The Breed" is effective at what it sets out to do. What gives this movie an edge over other contemporary "creature features" is that the "creatures" are real, highly-trained dogs instead of fake CGI bats, crocodiles, snakes, spiders or whatever. This adds an element of realism to the proceedings, as does the fact that the characters behave rationally for the most part. Michelle Rodriguez looks great (what else is new?) and shows her physicality, and the rest of the cast may not be brilliant, but they're not bad, either. The movie does suffer from a terrible ending though - it was probably intended as a shock but it's so sudden that it looks as if the producers ran out of money or time or something. (**)
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gridoon27 November 2006
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asda-man24 August 2012I'm almost ashamed to admit that I actually quite enjoyed "The Breed" and I'm sure there's more people out there who won't admit it. It was fun right from the opening with the horrendously bad actors, "wood" and the awful direction. However, then five new kids come on the island and they're more competent actors and strangely likable as the film went on. I did actually feel sorry to see some of them die which is unusual in a film like this. The characters weren't flat, which was a lovely surprise. Of course it is extremely clichéd with the group going into a cabin with a creepy basement and so forth. This is the type of horror film "The Cabin in the Woods" was warning us of! The dogs are also quite funny as I do not find dogs scary in the slightest, especially when they're as cute as these ones! To see a bunch of cute panting dogs slowly gather and surround the young adults like "The Birds" was quite an unintentional hilarious sight. There was also a surprisingly good pace with the group always trying to make some innovative decisions. All in all I found it to be an entertaining and fun film. You shouldn't take it seriously and if you don't then you might actually find yourself enjoying it!
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ThrownMuse6 June 2007A bunch of undergrads (played by 30 and 40somethings--no joke!) take their jet to an abandoned island for a vacation. Because undergrads do that? They get attacked by wild dogs that turn out to be genetically engineered killers. Scary! History has taught me to stay away from anything labeled "Wes Craven Presents," but I decided to check this out because how bad could a movie starring Michelle Rodriguez vs Killer Dogs be? Rodriguez isn't the best actress, but I always enjoy seeing her one-note tough-girl shtick in movies or TV (long live Ana Lucia!) And she does her own stunts in this! There's no CGI, which is commendable, though I'm not entirely sure how I feel about a large number of dogs being trained to attack for the sake of a dumb horror movie. And this is, indeed, a dumb horror movie. All the clichés are intact, the writing is awful, and there's even a dumb subplot about brotherly love. Or something. Taryn Manning is cast as the "hottie" of the group, though she looks washed-up and talks like she smokes six packs a day. There's an interesting subplot with her character that would have made the movie more interesting had it been expanded upon. This is enjoyable for what it is, but it's nothing special.
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leorican23 May 2007let me start by saying I am a big fan of the nature/animal gone berserk type films and I was very excited when news of a new Wes Craven produced killer dog flick was being made and would star tough cookie Michelle Rodriquez and cool and sexy Hill Harper from CSI: New York. What eventually was made by first time director Nick Mastandrea is sadly a disappointing entry into the genre. Where in the world was Wes?? This is not to say it didn't show some small moments of promise but it never quite rises to the occasion. The story revolves around a group of five childhood friends vacationing on an Island who come across a band of sinister German shepherds who have laid claim to the Isle after surviving what is explained as a "rabies" outbreak on a compound that sits on the other side of the Island which once housed a dog training facility. Most of the back story of the dogs isn't really explained and we're left with just a few specs of dialog from cast members Eric Lively and Oliver Hudson, who play siblings that grew up on the island, to to shed a dim light. The gang enjoy some sun and water until they are visited by a pup whose visit is more like an infiltration of the enemy camp and shares one of the better moments scenes with Hill Harper. Soon the dog-pack descends on our unsuspecting group who must now find a way off the Island before becoming dog-food. The best attack scene takes place in the house where our heroes have boarded themselves up but this isn't enough to save the film. The director was obviously asleep at the wheel and it shows when one of the characters ( I wont say which as not to spoil it) suffers an injury to the leg and later seems to forget they should be limping and they can be seen walking around like nothing ever happened. Where in the world was Wes??? Yes the setup is as old as wine but I still had hopes that the makers would inject some fresh blood into the story; it never happened. The film is hurt by uninspired camera work and the even more uninspired direction of Mastandrea. I hope somewhere, some place, someone will still make an old style killer dog flick with a decent plot, great camera work, and characters you can care about. Is that too much too ask? Oh yeah..this is Hollywood...oh well
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gavin694216 January 2007A group of college-age adults lands on a deserted island where they take up residence at a cabin left to one of the gang. Over the next few days they will discover they are not alone, but sharing the island with dogs. Yes, dogs. Dogs that were trained to kill, but still just dogs.
This film was put together by executive producer Wes Craven and director Nick something... the director being a long-time Craven aide, and both having been quite responsible for the catastrophe that was "Cursed". You'd think after making a horrible film about werewolves, they would try to avoid dogs or similar creatures altogether, but you would be wrong. My growing hobby of player-hating on Wes Craven is only added to with this one. And it was written by the writers of "Who is Harry Crumb?", which may be good or bad depending on how that tickles you.
The cast isn't much better. You have two brothers (played by people unfamiliar to me, but they're alright), Taryn Manning (best known for her role in Britney Spears' "Crossroads", who is supposed to be "hot" but comes off as more whiny and annoying), Michelle Rodriguez (the actress who single-handedly killed off all the fans from TV's "Lost")... and the token black guy. Token black guy who tries to seduce blonde, white girl and does every other stereotypical thing imaginable (who writes this crap?).
This film suffers from disjointed opening scenes, where the time-line makes no sense. On one hand, you have the longest afternoon in history where the gang hangs out all day in a powerfully fun montage. Then you have them meeting a boater on day two who had been attacked by dogs presumably before their arrival. So, how did the boater survive at least two days in the woods? As we see in this film, two days is an eternity with these dogs.
I'm unclear about some things, most notably an incident with the character played by Michelle Rodriguez... why can she survive a serious injury and shrug it off as if it were nothing? She should become the one dragging the team down, but only seems to be more of a leader after the fact. And what happened to Manning's character? She seems to get some sort of lust power, almost wolf-like (again, see "Cursed") but it never amounts to anything and has no importance to the plot.
The biggest problem with this film is that it's about an island of dogs. Is there really anything scary about a dog sitting in a tree? Or a dog laying on the beach? Because most of the time, that's all the dogs do -- sit and look cute.
This film went straight to video. If there was something beneath "straight to video", that's where this film would have gone. Nothing really remarkable about this film, other than its sheer stupidity. Thanks Wes Craven for letting this sort of worthless thing make it to my eyes and permeate my brain. There's a special place in hell waiting for you. -
springsunnywinter2 May 2007It was supposed to be a horror, thriller but disappointingly the only horror that occurred was the money I spent for the cinema ticket. The film was so boring with extremely terrible acting, the only good actress was Michelle Rodriguez and the film was watch able because of her but what is the use of having a good actress in a rubbish film? The story is a hundred years old about a few friends on holiday & something is after them. Films like that have been tackled a zillion times in Hollywood, what was the point in turning it into a zillion & one now? The most stupid thing in the film is that every time they kill one dog then two dogs appear out of nowhere maybe there is a Killer Dog factory around the place somewhere. It is not mentioned clearly that why these dogs are killing people without a reason probably because they see whipped cream & a cherry on top above people's heads. My personal advice would be to avoid this film because it will save your money & time. While I was watching it in the cinemas a few people just left the hall half way through the film and they didn't come back! Worth a miss.
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jpgonc18 September 2006Surprise is the word! After seeing the plot outlined here I thought this was another movie with a bunch of silly teens getting killed one by one by supernatural dogs. Instead, I watched a very enjoyable, solid and realistic thrilling and Sci-Fi film.
Five middle class teenagers fly to an uncle's private island for a party weekend. What it seemed a good time spent it turned to be a terrible situation when a big group of (intelligent) killer dogs start to "plan" the teens' capture and death.
The action starts at the beginning and then will start again at the middle of the movie. From then is always packed with some suspense and chases but everything very well shot and capable of arousing and holding the attention of the viewers. The movie's many attack sequences are really the best of it. The 10 to 15 dogs, (very well trained) are, undoubtedly, the 'cherry on top' of the movie. They really act normal off course and we can assist to their natural greatness of dreadful attacks.
The human cast actually does a good and decent job even if their characters are stereotypical due to flaws in the script lines. There's some moments when they drop to mediocre acting but that's because they following the script contradicting some of the action... but that's minor spots, no big deal and doesn't affect the admirable outcome of the movie.
I think I saw a reviewer here asking where the dogs came from... Near the end that's very explicit. I saw another showing his disappointment because the dogs were 'normal and not scary'. Don't expect genetically altered beasts with red eyes and acting like werewolves... no. The dogs were genetically altered at brain level, and that's why they're smarter than normal.
Nicholas Mastandrea does a splendid job directing it but he should have asked Screenwriter's Robert Conte and Peter M. Wortmann to put some original and not clichéd lines in the teens' dialog.
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It is truly sad to watch Michelle Rodriguez, who is a pretty good actress and damned sexy, continue to spiral downwards doing bad films. Cosigned to this bit of Direct to DVD Perdition is "The Breed", a clichéd horror movie where everyone involved just phoned it in. (Hey, if They can't rise above clichés in the writing, I feel no obligation to rise above them in the review.)
"Bark, Bark" "What is it, Lassie, has Michelle's career fallen down the well?" "Bark bark".
So two brothers, two hot chicks and the Expendable Black Guy(TM) go to a summer house that just happens to share an Island with the Abandoned Secret Government Research Facility. As it turns out, the island is swarming with mutant rabid genetically engineered dogs that attack people en masse and are smart enough to eliminate their means of escape or rescue.
What follows are the typical things you've seen in every zombie movie ever, but with dogs. You know what WC Fields said about never working with children or animals, they always upstage you. Dogs leap out of nowhere. Dogs break in through boarded up windows. Dogs pop up when you've thought you've escaped.
The thing is that you know what's going to happen a few minutes before the characters do. YOU Know the Expendable Black Guy is going to be the first one to get it, because the Expendable Black Guy is always the first one to get killed in movies like these. You know that when they think they've gotten away on a boat left on the Island, that there will be a dog hiding down below in the hold (ending the movie or leaving room for a sequel? The Breed 2: Back to the Pound. Heaven help us.)
Then there are the leaps in logic. Michelle gets shot in the leg with an arrow, but barely seems phased by it. The other girl is bitten and seems to have a telepathic link to the dogs, but they don't go anywhere with it.
Wondering if the dogs piddled on the script when they marked their territory, because it certainly seems like they did. -
luvie29 September 2006I watched this Movie with Not a lot of hope after reading some of the reviews here, Lets say I was pleasantly surprised. OK you can pick holes in any movie all day long if you try but this was a Good Solid hour and a Halfs Viewing. The Subject matter was a bit different for a Horror film, with no need for stupid poor CGI, the characters all acted like they had a Brain and the acting was pretty good. Is it worth the money to go to the Cinema and see. Well maybe, but as a Saturday night DVD you wont go far wrong. Its Good solid chewing gum for the eyes , I'm giving it 7 out of 10 Purely because It surprised me how much the characters thought there actions through, and the Entertainment value on the Small budget. Don't Hesitate to Rent it
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joey_guast2 June 2006When I went to the cinema I was supposed to see Almodovar's "Volver" and now I regret not to have done it. "The Breed" begins and ends like the typical horror film that we're used to see: some college friends go to a desert place where strange creatures haunt and kill them one by one. Here there are super-angry dogs but we will never get to know what really happened to them. Poor dogs... Someone imagines to see a psychic doctor or something similar, but there's nothing, probably an experiment gone badly. There is also a little drama but just like the whole film it is something we have already seen. In the end it's not a boring film but it's dejà-vu without any kind of explanation.
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hu6756 September 2008A group of 20-Something friends (Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively and Hill Harper) decided to rest to a deserted island for the weekend but little what they know... they found themselves attacked by flesh eating dogs. Now the group have to find ways to get out of the island before they get killed.
Directed by Nick Mastandrea made an entertaining horror film with a few good jolts and good performances from his cast. Mastandrea is best known as the first assistant director to filmmakers like Wes Craven, James Mangold and George A. Romero. Director Mastandrea certainly knows how to create some genuine suspense and he keeps the viewers to the edge of their seat.
DVD has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD includes an fascinating behind the scenes featurette with the dogs in the features and previews. It's interesting that this movie wasn't release in theaters. There's worst movies than this one. True, the script needs works... especially at the end. But it's an pleasant-enough thriller to keep you entertained. Wes Craven is one of the executive producers. (*** 1/2 out of *****). -
"The Breed" is one of those hard movies to rate. When I read the synopsis, I thought it was going to be a quite dull film. I believed the main plot was too simple and too repeated to deliver a good time-- come on, who would guess that a story involving serial killer dogs could be this good? And who would guess there would be enough plot for such simple story?
Some youth decide to go to an island to spend some days, but they encounter a group of carnage dogs in that (apparently) calm place. Thought the cast is pretty unknown, they never fail in being credible, and Hill Harper shows he's a potential comedian-- he's very funny all the time without even trying. The dogs are well trained and believable-- except for the fact that sometimes one single dog is capable to kill a character, but sometimes three dogs aren't able to even make one character bleed. Directing is what really makes this film suspenseful. In fact, I really doubted that a film with this apparently silly story could be indeed scary and suspenseful. I swear, I was scared and found some scenes frightening! All in all, this is surprisingly good movie that shouldn't have such low rating on IMDb. -
jboothmillard5 April 2011The pure reason I decided to watch this film was because of the leading actress that have been a fan of since Resident Evil and Lost, and I guess I was interested when I heard about the plot I wanted to see if it is as bad as it is made out to be by critics. Basically bad boy John (Oliver Hudson) has inherited an isolated lodge house on an island surrounded by woods, and he has invited his veterinarian brother Matt (Eric Lively), his girlfriend Nicki (Michelle Rodriguez), and friends Sara (Taryn Manning) and Noah (Hill Harper) to fly in the hydroplane to spend a few days in the new place. A day or two into their party like ways with drinking, swimming and sunbathing, a stray dog comes along that seems really cute, but then it turns vicious and attacks Sara. They recall that a facility for training dogs is near their area that was known to have closed down due to an outbreak of rabies, and soon enough they realise there are more dogs in the woods that have been infected. A couple, Luke (Nick Boraine) and Jenny (Lisa-Marie Schneider) are seen coming out of the trees covered in blood, and they are quickly killed by the pack of hounds, and they are still hungry for flesh, so the friends run and barricade themselves in the house. They try a few ways to escape, including the phone that has no service, the car that won't start, and the plane that floats away, until eventually they decide to go to the dog facility and find out what happened. They discover that the dogs have not just been genetically enhanced, but redesigned to become a new breed of killer dogs, and they do their best to kill as many of them as possible, but even John and Matt, the last two survivors can't escape. The only entertainment I got was watching Rodriguez looking sexy and being a hard nut, especially with her belly out and stuff, but the story is ridiculous, cute looking dogs turning evil is a B-movie thing that could have worked years ago, but it is just laughable, so the film has terrible acting, awful dialogue, no thrills and no scares, a stupid horror thriller. Poor!
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tcorey6918 December 2006We were looking forward to this movie. As both fans of horror movies (enjoying many most people won't even touch) and Michelle Rodriguez, this film seemed like a sure-win.
Unfortunately it managed to fall sort in every respect. The plot was wooden and empty, and so were the characters. The key to any good horror movie is to have characters who you like and want to see safe. It makes everything all the more horrible as you watch them go splat. In this film each character couldn't die fast enough to be satisfying.
In short, there are much better ways to spend your time. Personally I'd rather drive railroad spikes through my eyes than sit through The Breed again. -
hitchcockthelegend10 October 2014Once opened it stinks!
A bunch of young thrill seekers hit an uninhabited island for a week of frivolity and loving of the land. Two of the guys had an uncle who lived there, but he died, so the island is there's to abuse and use in any way they see fit. Only there's some growling dogs roaming the island, and they aren't the petting kind.
Awash with clichés, contrivances and generic genre tropes, The Breed is the definition of a horror picture made purely for monetary gain. There is no care or concern for the viewers, the makers insulting our intelligence on a regular basis.
The actors are way too old to be playing the student characters, the characters each have a trait that will be integral to the story (yawn), and some of the dialogue is cringe worthy in the extreme. By the time a key character gets and arrow through the leg - only to turn into Olga Korbut five minutes later - you may want to unscrew your head and punt your brain up field.
The dogs, however, are awesome and just about make this doggie dinner watchable. All things considered, you would be better off renting Wilderness (2006), made for a quarter of the budget than that for The Breed but considerably better wholesale. 4/10 -
Harlequin-Rose24 February 2024There is so little to connect to in this movie.
The characters are unlikable. The situations are just plain silly. The "monster" doesn't make sense. I don't understand who I'm supposed to be rooting for.
These characters are supposed to be university aged. But they look far older so their naivety doesn't make sense. They should have cast younger actors. If I'm seeing grown adults already in their fourth decade of life behaving like drunk students I just roll my eyes.
If I can't care for your characters, I don't care what happens to them.
The situation makes zero sense too. Why do they have this property on this island? How do you continue to own a property without understanding what is happening around said property. They would still have to pay tax and upkeep and all that jazz. You can't just own a house and forget about it.
How could they not have had a phone call from ANYONE going, "You know that property you own that you never go to? It's surrounded by killer dogs. We're sending an exterminator in. We'll send you the bill".
Which brings me to the biggest failure of this entire movie: The monster.
I was expecting an actual horrific monster of sorts. What I got was a dog that I've been trained from birth to view as a protector. These dogs are police dogs, army dogs, in some cases assistance dogs.
I CANNOT see them as bad by any stretch of the imagination.
If they were going to go the dog route, why didn't they choose a dog which does not have a reputation as the "good guy"?
I just can't feel fear when I see these dogs "attack" because they have actual smiles on their faces and wagging tails. Sorry but no, the film makers could not have chosen a worse monster.
On top of that it is sooooooo sooooooo sooooooooooo boring. I swear I've missed every big scene because I've been daydreaming because it took too long to get there and was filled with nonsense until that point.
This movie was just meh! -
bahadrkk24 November 2011I liked two points in this movie. First wild dogs that really made me fear during the movie and the struggle of young people to get out of this trouble.They use their brain and prepare some plans based on their mental level.
It was one of the best horror movies I have ever seen.Wild dogs can make a movie more scary than strange creatures can do.I think, it is because of the reality, that is, wild dogs are real things and really exist in our life and everyone is afraid of wild dogs but some creatures which are used in horror movies do not exist in real life and this property reduces the level of impression we can get during the movie. -
Don't you just hate it when, in a movie, something seemingly trivial occurs or is introduced and you just know that it'll come into play later on?
I know I do, so when the characters in The Breed casually mention an old 'zip-ride' (or death slide, as we English call it), tinker with a car that hasn't been used in years, or break an old roundabout leaving a sharp wooden stake pointing upwards, I prayed that my cliché radar was on the fritz. But sure enough, each device played a major part later on in the film and I laughed at the film's predictability.
It's a shame really, since there are several scenes which are more than competent, actually managing to scare and excitewhich is all you really want from a film about rabid, genetically enhanced dogs attacking a group of people stranded on a remote island! The five friends who come up against the vicious killer mutts are your standard assortment of attractive twenty-somethings of the type that seem to populate most popcorn horror flicks these days: a couple of bickering brothersone reckless (Oliver Hudson) and one responsible (Eric Lively); a 'pretty' blonde (Taryn Manningnot my cup of tea but appealing to some, I guess); a wise-cracking smart-ass (Hill Harper); and a feisty babe (Michelle Rodriguez, playing her usual tough-but-tasty type). Of course, there are no prizes for guessing who is going to become dog food.
The most effective parts of The Breed are definitely the dog attacks, with the snarling, fanged beasts being suitably frightening and convincingly nasty. Surprisingly, however, given the current trend for graphic splatter, the film is rather 'dry', with only one or two moments to make you wince (highlight of the film: a poorly aimed arrow!) or turn away, and the gore-hounds amongst us will most likely be disappointed.
Still, kudos to director Nicholas Mastandrea for opting to use real dogs rather than CGI. And whilst I'm at it, I'll also thank him for getting Michelle Rodriguez into a bikini (although naked would've been better!). -
Mister_Gordon_Shumway3 December 2007~ Five teenagers take a vacation on a remote island where brothers, Matt and John, have inherited a cabin. Matt's girlfriend Nicki, Sarah and Noah also accompany them. Before they can get settled in, Sara (Michelle Rodriguez) is bitten by a vicious stray dog. The brothers are immediately prompted by memories of a facility for training dogs somewhere on other side of the island. Fearing the worst - rabies - they head for their sea plane, but the dogs have already set it adrift. In small packs they wait in the surrounding hillside, watching, waiting to attack ... the five friends find themselves fighting a battle for survival against these genetically redesigned and intelligent canine killers ~ From the director of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Scream', 'The Breed' is one of the better films produced by Wes Craven. It is a simple slasher-style flick, well written and directed, with a good cast and a nice little twist at the end. There are plenty of tense moments here also. Apparently they used real dogs for this film, not computer generated hounds.
Think Scream~ meets~Cujo~meets~Wilderness.
Overall a pretty scary film.
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lastliberal-853-2537088 December 2013I like those movies with the little dogs, and this one was worth watching just for the presence of Michelle Rodriguez ("Lost", Bloodrayne).
It's not Cujo or Rottweiler, but it did feature some ferocious animals and a bitchin' ending. Besides Michelle, it also featured Taryn Manning from Hustle & Flow, and Lisa-Marie Schneider for a short while.
Yeah, there were some dudes (Hill Harper from "CSI NY") there, too, but who was watching.
When you think of dogs, you think of that little puppy waiting for you at home, not horrifying monsters or angry demons.
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visionhawk44015 March 2008I picked this up at the video store because Wes Craven's name was on it and the cover looked pretty good. I've seen other movies with Craven's name on them and they pretty much sucked. After watching the first sequence I thought this was going to be one of them. The opening actors are very weak and cheesy. However, once the movie got going, it was pretty decent. Of course there are better horror movies out there but the cast was great (except for the aforementioned opening couple) and the dogs were incredible. Michelle Rodriguez was beautiful and tough as usual and the rest of the cast complimented her well. If you're looking for a special effects type movie, this isn't it. It's also not a typical "blood and gore" movie. Some parts were predictable and the ending was a little disappointing but all in all I would say this is definitely worth watching.
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GTeixeira23 July 2013A bunch of adults-playing-teenagers go to an isolated house, for a weekend of fun and everything else teens do in horror films. However, what was at first a fun weekend for the group ends up as a fight for their life as they are attacked.
As expected from the plot and/or from a Wes Craven picture, 'The Breed' is overflowing with the typical slasher clichés. Also present is Craven's typical 'tough female lead', this time played by Michelle Rodriguez (who really isn't good).
However, two things change in this usual horror-movie clichéd situation: the house is in a 'deserted' island instead of a forest (which changes the usual escape tactics); and the killer here isn't a Jason-style stalker, but rather intelligent (genetically enhanced) and rabid dogs.
To my surprise, the characters act unexpectedly smart for horror movie victims, actually thinking and coming up with decent/good plans to escape/fend off the dogs (though their dialogue skills are still heavily impaired). However, the usage of real, trained dogs instead of CGI is easily the film's highlight; the best scenes are done by them, with or without the humans.
It's a very dumb and idiotic film but also rather fun, and the dogs are definitely the movie's true stars. Not something to look for, but not a bad choice to watch if you haven't anything else to do. -
petra_ste27 May 2007It's difficult to feel strongly about The Breed. It's bad but not offensively awful, just trite and cheap.
Teens face a pack of murderous dogs. Kind of a barrel-scraper as far as monster movie premises get, but I'm giving The Breed a higher vote than deserved for the unintentional guffaws it provides. First, the dogs jumping on-screen out of nowhere and knocking someone off (this happen a lot but it's hilarious every time). Then, a slow-motion sequence in which one of the sketchily developed heroes solemnly shoots an arrow to save Michelle Rodriguez, but instead of the dog he pierces her leg. It's filmed as a dramatic moment, but I was howling with laughter - it reminds me of the chicken/arrow scene from Hot Shots Deux.
And there is something amusing in the sight of this bunch of dogs eagerly running around as an ominous music attempts to create a sinister atmosphere; I couldn't help thinking of trainers dangling cookies just outside the frame.
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hoppz26 September 2006This movie had something that kept me watching but i'm not to sure what it was, maybe sheer boredom on a Sunday night.
The Characters where OK but i was expecting a Horror and didn't really get it. The story involves dogs, not 16ft killer dogs, just dogs! The Token black guy in the movie just made me mad, it was as if he was trying to be the funny black guy but he just never quite said anything funny at all.
the rest of the cast did a decent job and the acting was fine, it even had a bit of originality when the actors in a "horror" movie actually used a bit of common sense but the whole thing was just lacking something for me.
I don't recommend this movie at all but if your bored and don't want to think for an hour and a half then it might be worth a rent. -
silbaughkj4 August 2007I've seen some really bad B-Films--pornographic, shaky cam, dubbed and redubbed, poor actors off the street, and sheer "youtube" better than this.
Firstly, it doesn't try to be a B-film, so you won't find the "plan B" humor at all.
Secondly, this isn't a horror film, it's drama. Minute to minute comparison is vastly swayed toward the two brothers' whining, the two girls' sexual needs, and one out of place black guy along for the drama. Seriously, how many classic horror films have this? -Halloween, no -Friday the 13th, no -Nightmare on Elm St., no -Nosferatu, no -Night of the Living Dead, no -etc, etc, etc...
Anyways, back to the real review.
Third, the actors were portrayed as "intelligent", yet stray far from the idea. Countless examples of never barricading, arming, or planning. Instead, it was whining and drama until a dog showed up; a shock to be sure, heh.
Fourth, no reaction to their close friends' deaths.
Fifth, Cujo rip offs, never close to the original chills.
Sixth, "They chewed through the ropes on purpose!" <- That line alone makes the movie terrible in my opinion.
Eh, too much more to be said about this. So, I'll leave with this:
=AVOID=
Go see: Cujo, The Birds, or even the upcoming Black Sheep.