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 After seeing the boneheaded beginning with a scientist foolishly opening a darkened cage with a dangerous animal and then just blindly reaching inside to give it an injection, you can only take heart that "Carnivore" might be hilariously bad or at least have some gratuities in the mix. While this movie does aim for both, it doesn't take either of them far enough to make the viewing experience worthwhile. Although there are a few intentional moments of comic relief, the funniest parts actually come from what are supposed to be the scariest parts. It just looks funny to see a cheezy, three-foot ape-like monster getting on the front porch and pounding on the door. It has a rather funny style of tearing up teenagers and throwing body parts around too. While the monster stalks its prey, the movie shows this through the monster's oddball vision of black & white with random, moving spots of green and red. How that kind of vision helps the monster find or capture victims is beyond rational thought, but for some reason, the filmmakers believe that it all looks cool enough to be taken seriously. One other notable thing about the visuals is that the flick looks remarkably like something from the mid-to-late 1980's, even though it has been released in the year 2000. If "Carnivore" has aimed for a retro-look, then the director and crew would have to be commended for doing such an impeccable job; however, the reality is that "Carnivore" has been filmed in the 1980's, and it has taken 13 years to finally get this stinker released! If that fact doesn't speak volumes about the mediocrity of this movie, then nothing will. The bottom line: Skip "Carnivore", por favor. |
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** NOTE: The more dots on the domino, the higher the rating. 12 is a masterpiece. One or no dots is also a masterpiece, if you consider poop to be a gourmet ingredient.** |
    
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