afll
this is like predator, and if you look in the dictionary the word "adaptation" you will see that the movies are a very ver exaggerated adaptation of the novel, as a matter of fact the first movie only retained some of the original names of the novel, but their background where too far from being the same, i know that to adapt something, means changing the product so its suits better the intended public (i.e a french movie trying to take it to the American market, its changed so it fits the American viewer) but the adapatations of the novel are far from being relevant, anyway it only sucks story-wise, but it has good action,and the telenovela actor Christian meier played the role of the outsider (who would had imagined that)
udar55
Exec. Producer Roger Corman's third attempt at adapting Koontz's novel turns out to be more DIRTY DOZEN/PREDATOR and less Koontzian (did I just invent a word?). The Outsider and Einstein the Golden Retriever are dropped in the middle of a Central American jungle. When things go awry, the Government sends in military prisoner Ferguson (Wings Hauser) and a few cellmates to clean up their mess with the promise of a full pardon. But can they trust that sneaky Government? This is totally by the numbers movie making but it is short enough, gory, and features a good performance by b-movie vet Hauser to keep you interested. Hauser has such an intensity that he can make even dialogue scenes with a dog seem important. The rest of the cast just traipse around until they get their opportunity to be killed. Interestingly, the screenplay has a woman and native mute kid in the mix with the woman getting killed and the kid not doing anything. Strange. Even stranger, the evil Government (who truthfully sent Hauser there to be killed) never gets its comeuppance as all b-movies dictate. Instead, they get away with it, outside of losing The Outsider. I would love to hear Dean's thoughts on all of these sequels, if he has even seen them.
slayrrr666
"Watchers III" is a pure "Predator" rip-off.**SPOILERS**Major Ferguson, (Wings Hauser) an ex-special forces agent in jail, is asked to go into the jungle to recover important information regarding a crash of one of their cargo planes. With his team in place, Benetti, (Gregory Scott Cummins) Nat, (Daryl Keith Roach) Gomez, (Lolita Ronalds) and MacCready, (John Linton) head into the jungle and stumble upon a local boy (Ider Cifuentes Martin) and his pet, a Golden Labrador Retriever. When the team starts to get picked off by a strange creature, they have to mix their training and the dog's intelligence to get out alive together.The Good News: Well, the film does get off to a great start here, with a pretty bloody attack less than five minutes in. It's the perfect way to open a film, as it gets the viewer into the film as early as possible. As opposed to the second one, the enemy creature has changed it's appearance all over, and this time has become a far more menacing threat. The minor design changes take it away somewhat from the Gillman previously seen and it now becomes a scarier creature. Still cheesy looking, but an improvement. We also get a large amount of gore in here. There is some amount of body dismemberment, one person has a chunk of their chest ripped off, exposing the bone plates underneath, and others are decapitated. The ways that they happened, though, is what's great about the kill. The head is closer to being ripped off more than anything, resulting in big bloody messes that look great. The impact of the story, which I'll explain later, is perfect for creating large scale action scenes, and this one has some good ones. The first forest trap is a good example, as well as the opening sequence.The Bad News: It takes an extremely gullible person to not see the similarities between this one and "Predator." The jungle setting, the scared native pick-up, the events that lead the team members to get picked off, the rebel camp find, it all screams from having been lifted from it. This isn't all of the similarities, but it's just here to hive an example of what is in store. Add in a plot about an intelligent dog and switch the Predator for the creature in here and it would be pretty hard to tell these two movies apart. It's pretty obvious to see the resemblance between them. The gore effects were also pretty cheaply done at times, and while gory, hardly looked anything realistic.The Final Verdict: If a movie's major crime is to be a cheap-o knock-off of another movie, then it's probably not that bad to begin with. It should be at least given a look see for fans of the series, but those that like a little more originality and creativity well definitely want to look elsewhere.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and scenes with animals in danger
