Mr-Fusion Definitely one of those movies you have to see to believe. "Roar" doesn't have much to offer in the plot department (aside from the conservationist message), but it has plenty in the way of unparalleled filmmaking negligence. Just look at that tagline:"No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were."It's hard to watch what happens onscreen because there are no stuntmen. Tippi Hedren really fractured a leg after being thrown from an elephant; Melanie Griffith really needed medical attention after being mauled; Jan de Bont (that guy who made "Die Hard" and "Speed" look so good) really needed extensive stitches after being scalped(!) by a lion. The reactions from the cast are as real as the blood, and you're constantly shaking your head that they'd use wild animals with no training or supervision. They're apex predators, not pets! The whole thing is incredibly irresponsible, and it lives (warts and all) on film. It's amusing that they try to lighten things up with a playful score and a happy ending. But this is not family film; it's downright chilling.7/10

Wizard-8 After reading years ago various reports about this disaster-ridden (and extremely expensive) production, it immediately went on my "must see" list. However, until recently the movie was all but impossible to see. I only just now managed to watch it. So is the movie itself as much of a disaster as its problem-filled production was? Well, writer/director Noel Marshall does manage to make the whole middle section of the movie (concerning the visiting family being chased around the compound by wild lions) often quite tense and unnerving. Though when you are dealing with wild and unpredictable lions, they certainly bring with them some genuine danger and suspense. It's absolutely unbelievable given the actors put shot after shot right next to wild lions that none of the actors were killed - though I do believe the reports that many of the cast and crew got some severe injuries. There are many moments that will have your jaw drop, from risky interactions with the lions to Marshall trying to convince the audiences that lions aren't so bad and dangerous after all. Certainly, what I have reported so far has some kind of perverse entertainment value, but the movie all the same sinks in the end. The main problem with the movie is the script - there's barely any character development or plot here. It doesn't take too long for the movie to become somewhat repetitive and to a degree boring. Despite what I've said, I think the movie is still worth a look. As I said in my summary line, the movie is one of a kind. Possibly no other movie has put actors in as much risk as this movie, and its noble intentions come across as so misguided that you'll wonder what the heck Noel Marshall was thinking. You may not like the movie, but you'll certainly remember it for a long time afterwards - that's more you can say for a lot of other movies, even some better ones.

Mastur Batsler What did I just watch? Adventure, horror, thriller? Well, it's all true. First they thought to make an adventure, but the script wasn't really working, most of the lion scenes were pure improvisation, and after it turned out to be a horror-thriller, not because you are afraid for the characters but for the actors themselves. I have never seen a movie where actors were so afraid but had to act as if they aren't. But you have to give them credit for the courage.Considering that the movie was mostly improvised mess, editing was done OK, still pretty bad by normal standards. They probably did a tone of b-tape, and it worked, seems a bit clunky, lots of added voices and sounds, lots of cutting in the middle of action, but still a decent job with material they had. Script is almost non existent, story is as simple as it gets: family came to visit their father, who lives with ferocious animals. And there is a side story, I don't know why they put that in the movie, it makes no sense and leads to nowhere, I guess it was because they wanted to involve characters from the beginning that had an awesome fight with the lions which was probably not even supposed to happen, but they kept on rolling (bandages on them throughout the movie are probably real). The most amazing scene was when the main actor comes running towards 4-5 lions and starts fighting them, they filmed that scene first, probably because if he got killed they could just say screw it we are canceling the production. You can tell that because even in the scenes before the fight the main character has a bandage on his hand that he hurt when fighting the lions.Most of the movie is characters running scared from the lions and lions run around in the surroundings lions normally aren't in. It is portrayed as something normal to live with a bunch of animals, but it's hard for audience to believe that because in just one day that tigers and lions lived in the house, they wrecked the bloody house to shreds. 4/10 just because the actors survived. What is next? "Hissss" an adventure in a beautiful eden with cobras.

Seth_Rogue_One Labelled one of the most dangerous film-shoots of all time, with real lion on human attacks still in the film.70 cast and crew members were hurt during filming to several degrees, some were close to death but luckily no one did die.I was amazed by the sheer numbers of lions in the movie, it's well over 50 they have the lions live up close and personal with the lead played by Noah Marshall with seemingly little to no fear for his safety. The numbers of lions decrease slightly when Melanie Griffith and Tippi Hedren etc comes into the movie (probably because of the many attacks) but they are still far from being safe (Melanie Griffith required 50 stitches and plastic surgery and Tippi Hedren required 34 stitches from being bitten by lions in the film).As far as the story goes well, the lions who were untrained improvises a lot to say the least and the cast have to act off of what they do but there is a plot for sure in the film it just get put to the side at times.It's a once in a lifetime movie experience, so it's definitely recommendable for that reason alone but it also helps that it is very entertaining and the lions are beautiful.