Written and directed by Dick Maas, I gotta say that when I see written and directed by I hold my breath. When a director writes his own material things can get a little mushy and this one lean's in that direction. Another minus is they tend to leave huge plot holes or miss little details that usually leaves a question mark above your head. In this horror movie a full grown (big) lion is on the loose eating anyone in it's way. The movie starts with 4 victims and how the fourth did not see it hmmm, leaves one to wonder on that one.
Where did it come from is another pretty much unanswered question here. Guess it just happened to escape the wild and head over to a major city to start chomping on people. Aside from that the acting is kinda LOL here. Police have a rapid body count rising and they seem to be like well what you want us to do.
Other than that Dick Maas seems to hold it together and concentrate on the action not to mention gore and there is a ton of gore. The characters are almost laughable for this type of movie, a news reporter, zoo medic I guess she is, one police officer on her side, inept hunters and a wheelchaired ex wild prey Hunter. Guess I can add more than one plot hole, if you can overlook all that then you're set for a decent movie.
Let's get real here now... don't watch this movie expecting a masterpiece or a big budget over the top creature feature. I recommend you watch this expecting nothing more than the average horror flick cause it'll save the day. It's a low budget $3.500.000 movie which earned a respectable $8.700.000 making it a sleeper hit. I didn't expect too much from this and glad I didn't. I've seen one of his earlier films "The Lift" (US title) about a killer elevator and was pretty good considering so this one falls in the same category. A fun horror movie that tip toes into dark comedy and suspense.
It's not "Jaw's" but seems to use the same scenario that Jaw's used. The dialogue is choppy and the plot holes are there. To enjoy this movie you definitely have to overlook it's weaknesses. I did and enjoyed the movie for what it was. The end has you rooting for our zoo medic and even stirs up a plot twist. It does seem to move along decently and picks up the last 20 or so minutes.
Where did it come from is another pretty much unanswered question here. Guess it just happened to escape the wild and head over to a major city to start chomping on people. Aside from that the acting is kinda LOL here. Police have a rapid body count rising and they seem to be like well what you want us to do.
Other than that Dick Maas seems to hold it together and concentrate on the action not to mention gore and there is a ton of gore. The characters are almost laughable for this type of movie, a news reporter, zoo medic I guess she is, one police officer on her side, inept hunters and a wheelchaired ex wild prey Hunter. Guess I can add more than one plot hole, if you can overlook all that then you're set for a decent movie.
Let's get real here now... don't watch this movie expecting a masterpiece or a big budget over the top creature feature. I recommend you watch this expecting nothing more than the average horror flick cause it'll save the day. It's a low budget $3.500.000 movie which earned a respectable $8.700.000 making it a sleeper hit. I didn't expect too much from this and glad I didn't. I've seen one of his earlier films "The Lift" (US title) about a killer elevator and was pretty good considering so this one falls in the same category. A fun horror movie that tip toes into dark comedy and suspense.
It's not "Jaw's" but seems to use the same scenario that Jaw's used. The dialogue is choppy and the plot holes are there. To enjoy this movie you definitely have to overlook it's weaknesses. I did and enjoyed the movie for what it was. The end has you rooting for our zoo medic and even stirs up a plot twist. It does seem to move along decently and picks up the last 20 or so minutes.