Wuchak RELEASED IN 2006 and directed by Nicholas Mastandrea, "The Breed" details events when five American youths spend a party weekend at a scenic isolated island. Unfortunately, the island is inhabited by scores of mad dogs, literally. Oliver Hudson and Eric Lively head the cast as rival brothers: one a wild screw-up and the other proper & academic.The cabin-in-the-woods horror element is old hat, dating back to "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), but "The Breed" is more realistic than most of these kinds of creature features, particularly since the 'creature' in this case is a bunch of rabid canines, which brings to mind movies like "Wolfen" (1981) and "Night of the Wild" (2015). "The Breed" is more akin to the latter, but with a limited cast and isolated setting.The prologue is highlighted by Lisa-Marie Schneider in a bikini and the gorgeous South African locations (although I'm sure the island is supposed to be somewhere off the American Northwest coast). Michelle Rodriguez & Taryn Manning appear as the two main females in the cast; they're likable enough and moderately appealing, but nothing to get overly excited over. It's nice to see Michelle in a role that deviates from her typical kick-axx cliché.Despite the by-the-numbers plot and some horror trappings, e.g. the black dude (Hill Harper) dying first (which isn't a spoiler), it all comes down to whether or not you can buy the setting & the characters; and does the movie build-up suspense by the final act? The answer to both questions is 'yes.' It may not be a resounding 'yes,' but it's a good enough 'yes.'I heard a couple of critics pan the film on the grounds that the youths look way older than teens or even college age, but listen closely and it's established that they're all in their mid-20s. For instance, the younger brother is 25, which means that the older brother is around 27; and the blonde girl is 24 if you do the math.THE FILM RUNS 90 minutes and was shot in George and Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. WRITERS: Robert Conte & Peter Wortmann.GRADE: B-

David Roggenkamp Cujo on Crack; if you don't believe me – watch the entirety of the movie.A series of events unfold an an island with a grisly secret. What should be just another vacation (or weekend) get away for a group of (presumably) college students, turns into a nightmare as they are hunted by a group of dogs that does not want them on the island. The verdict is out on just what exactly affects the dogs, but the group knows they need to get to safety or they will otherwise meet their fate with death.The movie isn't just Cujo for the new millennium; but rather has lots and lots of dogs afflicted with the same thing. Each is out to tear apart the group that is otherwise trespassing on 'their' island. Added for effect is the fact it is an island, their plane (they used a plane) sabotaged and drifting away, the vehicle they find is useless, and there is no signal from their cellphones. Not just typical of horror movies, but the movie focuses on humans trespassing in an area which is no longer their domain.The movie uses suspenseful music, moments which genuinely me (and presumably others) jump, and thriller moments where the hunted actually fight back. This isn't just another horror movie – it is a bit unique in many areas and many horror movies could do well to copy it.As a bonus? One of the one liners references Cujo. An enjoyable movie, to say the least.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=5515).

RoadSideAssistance Film starts out pretty non-eventful. Random teens go to an island for a weekend of vacation but UH OH, the island is infested by rabid dogs! They don't explain too much about how the dogs get there but it starts off all cuddly when the group of young teens adopts some puppy. The puppy escapes one night and said hot blonde chick who I really wanted to go nude gets bitten by a rabid wild dog! From here you can assume what happens but the dogs all look so innocent and cuddly I couldn't help but make, "OOOH SA BABY BOY!" noises when they came on screen. There's no way those dogs would've hurt me. Anyway, the rest of the plot is unbelievably awesome and why this movie deserves box office gold.After setting the scene, Mike Vick pops on scene about 45 minutes in with crazy metal background music and start chucking 100 mph footballs at the dogs rescuing the folks. He also starts out running the dogs and using his crazy football moves to dodge their attacks, etc.Then at the very end, he is going down. He has like 5 dogs cornering him... and Alge Crumpler pops into the scene after gut checking a dog and says, "Looks like you could use some HANDS!" At this point Alge Crumpler is FULL on Falcons uniform and as the camera pans back Mike Vick is now in uniform also but with a ninja mask! Then the two get up and start out-dodging the dogs. Mike Vick continues spamming footballs which auto generate and an F-22 jet starts shooting missiles out of nowhere. Right now we've got crazy guitar playing and Vick is throwing footballs all over and Alge is catching them and power slamming dogs at the same time. The jet is still circling and a commanche helicopter busts onto the scene piloted by Arnold Schwarzeneggar who says calmly, "It's a hell of a day for a dog fight." He naturally blows the F-22 out of the air with no reasoning what so ever. The FX sequence takes at least 3 minutes.Dogs are getting mowed down all over. One tries to assassinate Vick but he grabs it, electrocutes it, folds it into a ball like object, CHUCKS it at another dog. DOG goes down big time. The Husky and Cuba Gooding Jr. pop out of nowhere but Ahnuld takes em out with double helix style missiles.This goes on for like 30 minutes and finally it's all over. Vick, Crumpler, Ahnuld and the survivors survey the damage. One dog barks over the horizon and charges in. Ahnuld grins at Vick who says, "Dog eat dog." and charges the dog. They leap at each other and Vick BITES his head off and ROARS, I said ROARS!!!!!!1!!!!!111 The movie ends with hardcore metal playing as the three... Vick/Crumpler/Ahnuld walk outta there. The remaining teens are not shot as nobody gives a **** about them anyway.

Raul Faust "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.