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Kaw

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5060020626241
Label : Starz Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Starz Home Entertainment
Publisher : Starz Home Entertainment
Release date : 2007-07-02
Title : Kaw
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Region code : 2
Running time : 89
Studio : Starz Home Entertainment

Customer reviews

review by: Atinder Bassi date: 2008-11-17 rating:

not a great movie But still really good
I for one love killer animal's movies, so I could not wait to see Kaw, While it sure sounded a lot like Hitchcock's The Birds. And even though it has noticeable things in common with The Birds it's far from a rip-off of, so don't let that put you off.

But what might put you off a bit is that Kaw is not a great film but saying that doesn't mean that it's bad as it is actually a really good movie and other great thing is that they've actually used real birds most of the time to limit the use of CGI , which makes movie much better! and ravens are scary enough to keep you away from them for a few days.

KAW takes place in a small town which makes the town itself delivers some good atmosphere. That is missing from most of the horror movies that are being made today. The story Police Chief Wayne Hayborne, is on his very last day of work and wants to get away from the town with his wife after he has finished work for the day and he Need put it on hold as call comes in about old farmer as been found dead, Meanwhile a bus driver Clyde MacKenzie has a run in with a flock of murderous ravens and fight back with a gun!.

There was a definitely a decent amount of gore in the film with several scenes of ravens plucking the brains from their unfortunate victims and bus driver dog was really scared , if you like dogs like I do, believe ME you Will hate ravens what they did to that poor dog very sad scene.

Most of the actors in Kaw are Very likable and the acting for small budget horror was excellent. It not great movie But it still really good.

review by: date: 2008-05-09 rating:

Not much to crow about
Rather unexciting rogue birds terrorise small town and kill inhabitants film. The birds in question, ravens, just didn't convey much menace and have been used far more effectively in other horror films; in 'Kaw' they were about as menacing as budgies. One of the more irritating aspects of the film was how easy the ravens overpowered and killed people. A flap of wings and flailing arms and a few pecks and it was all over.
The director didn't bother with any suspense prefering to just go straight in with the 'action' and thus along with the limited premise 'Kaw' was just quite a weary slightly tedious, repetitive watch, it seemed overlong at 90 mins and I was tempted to press fast forward at several points.
By way of explanation the film tried to explain the birds behaviour by revealing that they had been feeding on diseased cattle, mad cow disease no less and the withdrawal of their food supply had annoyed them or something akin to that thus they decided to attack people!
It had all the hallmarks of a made for tv film to me, I would say watch the first bit of it if it ever gets shown on tv in case you like it better than I but certainly would not recommend it as a purchase.

review by: s.vernon date: 2007-10-26 rating:

AN EXCITENING SCI FI FEATURE
On his last day of work, Police Chief Wayne Hayborne, (Sean Patrick Flanery) is debating about leaving town with his wife Cynthia, (Kristin Booth) and start up a new job. As the small town he patrols gets ready for the oncoming winter, bus driver Clyde MacKenzie, (Stephen McHattie) grows fearful when a larger than normal flock of ravens start appearing around town, and upon investigating his story, he finds that it's all true. As more and more of the townspeople are killed by the murderous ravens, they race against the town limits to get everyone inside before the ravens devour them all. Once inside, they realize that Clyde had already left town with a school bus full of children to an important event, and race to get them out of danger from the ravens as well.

The Good News: This here wasn't that bad of a flick. One of it's greatest assets is the fact that it's a really fast-moving flick. The first attack happens at the first five minutes, and there's another one quite soon after that. This does move at a fairly rapid pace, and while there isn't a huge amount of attacks in the beginning, there is enough through that part to keep interest high. When it does get on with the attacks, including a really marvelous attack under a bridge and a tense stand-off inside a barn, they really help to make the film more stand-able and the ravens appear to be that much more ravenous. Attacking anyone in sight, the ravens don't care whether you're a child, dog or an old man, these bird's will eat anything. That lack of remorse in the victims is quite refreshing to see, and these take advantage of the victim's proximity very well. In the later half, when the assault on the bus occurs, this especially helps out to make it quite exciting and full of suspense. The dull moments are thus magnified due to the intensity of the ensuing attacks, with the wooded area becoming an constant presence and making this sequence all the better for what it could've been. Once the final attack on the diner occurs, the action and intensity of the ravens is that much better. Starting with the spectacular notion of having the electric wires being put out by the ravens unnoticed by the cast as the path to the diner becomes clear lends untold suspense and anticipation for the scene, as it's bound to happen but at what time for the cast to notice. A marvelous technique, and when the chaos inside erupts with feathers and blood flying everywhere and dead ravens everywhere, it's quite fun and exciting, and the resolution is reached at a logical point in the action. There's some nice gore in here as well, with plenty of deep, throbbing peck wounds, a few scratches and lots of major damage done to the heads, including several who have major portions eaten or pecked away and while there could've been more, it's acceptable. Everything ties together neatly though and it never becomes even remotely confusing, which is quite surprising. All in all, this was a quite surprising and certainly fun Sci-Fi Channel Creature Feature.

The Bad News: There really isn't a whole lot wrong with this one. The real main problem here is that the killer birds in the movie have a tendency to feel quite tame in terms of horror. See, birds can only do so much damage with pecking and it just doesn't feel plausible that people would die from a couple of scratch-marks. This would've made sense had this been genetically-altered ravens, where the damage from souped-up birds would've been more believable, but here, from ordinary birds, a little more damage to the victims would've been a little more believable. This also leads into the final complaint, which, despite being as entertaining as it is, it's just too tame. While we do get a few major pecks and scratches in terms of violence, that's all there is. There's really nothing new, and after the sixth attack or so with the same outcome, it gets a little numbing and doesn't really carry the same weight as before. These are easily acceptable and are pretty hard to be noticed anyway.

The Final Verdict: With only a couple of problems that are not that problematic, this here is a really entertaining and fun Sci-Fi Channel Creature Feature. With a lot to really like about, this is a no-brainer for the hardcore fan of these films, while those who aren't that big into these films might find this as a perfect place to see what these kinds of films are all about.

review by: suspiriauk date: 2007-10-25 rating:

Good Horror but could have been better.
A small town under seige by killer raven's that have fed on contaminated cattle. Sounds like it should be a stomper of a film but somehow this film never really gathers momentum it is a good entertaining film and kills the time well enough. there are only a small core of characters and they are all put in jepordy during the film and not only the bad guys get killed. the main core characters include the Sherrif and his Wife and ex alcoholic bus driver, a small bus load of school Girls coming home from a sports game. The local amish community and the freindly woman who runs the local cafe. Some of the characters end up trapped in the cafe and some trapped on the bus while being picked off slowly by the killer birds. All in all a good movie just not as good as it could have been.

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