Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

jlthornb51 This is terrific horror film that will haunt the viewer for many months. With a superb script, expert direction, and a memorable cast, it's one of the best motion pictures in the genre in the last decade. In particular, it is an exciting young talent named Kim Blair who stands out and gives a performance one will never forget. As the beautiful woman who has the scars of her life on her soul as well as her face, she proves herself to be an actor to watch for in the future. Her fantastic eyes speak volumes as she fearfully battles personal demons as well as the horror that has invaded the streets of her city. Every scene in which she appears is electric and she is supported by some very capable actors and a director who obviously recognizes that the camera loves Blair. For her incredible portrayal and delicate characterization alone, this is a film that should not be missed by those interested in witnessing an Oscar caliber performance by a soon-to-be star. Powerful work indeed, with Kim Blair utilizing her understated beauty and astonishing talent as if she were a cinema veteran.

GL84 After a viral outbreak in New York, a small band of survivors finds the streets overrun by a ravenous swarm of mutated rat-like beings and tries to escape from their clutches before becoming like them.This is an incredibly underwhelming and really unremarkable effort. Among the numerous flaws here is the fact that this one is just not all that exciting overall, as the first half here is just not all that enjoyable. The fact that the virus comes so late into this one that means it spend a large portion of time with the rather boring family and their friends in the apartment just yakking about their daily lives which is not all that interesting to start this one off. This makes for plenty of tired scenes that really seem to make this one quite bland all throughout the first half as there's just no real horror during these scenes and really takes a toll on getting this one going. Of course, there's little to be done in here for the rather haphazard editing in the action scenes which shake with such frequency it's impossible to tell what's going on. Jumping around and shaking throughout here, this is utterly impossible to really see clearly which really makes for a troubling time during the action segments which are what you want to be able to give a clear look at for viewers when combined with the boredom as well as really helping to overwhelm the few positives within. The attacks by the creatures are a lot of fun as they're effectively made into threats so the diner encounter, the frantic escape in to the sewers and the series of battles on the street make for some exciting times due rot their savageness and ferocity. These are especially useful on display during the massive attack while barricaded in the apartment complex which is all sorts of fun throughout this, getting in some great action along with some suspense and jumps along the way. This also gets in some good points with the special effects for the creatures looking decent enough when we can see them and a couple nice bloody deaths, but overall can't quite overcome the massive, problematic flaws.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Woodyanders A mutant strain of rats cause folks who get bitten by the vile vermin to transform into vicious and bloodthirsty rodent-like humanoid beasts. A handful of people residing in a shabby and crumbling New York City apartment complex find themselves in a dire situation when the creatures take over Manhattan. Director/co-writer Jim Mickle relates the gripping story at a brisk pace, does an ace job of creating and sustaining a mounting sense of gloomy flesh-crawling dread, builds a considerable amount of nerve-shredding claustrophobic tension, presents well drawn and credible characters, stages the ferocious attack sequences with real skill and aplomb, makes vivid and flavorsome use of the blighted urban Big Apple setting, and concludes the whole picture on a chillingly bleak note. The fine acting from the able non-star cast rates as another major asset, with stand-out work by Nick Damici as tough former boxer Clutch (Damici also co-wrote the tight and engrossing script), Kim Blair as Clutch's scrappy and resilient Gulf War veteran daughter Casey, Ron Brice as amiable gay Coco, Tim House as grumpy infected superintendent Ross, Bo Corre as no-nonsense barmaid Kay, Larry Fleischman as the cranky, excitable Charlie, Larry Medich as feisty, but ailing old geezer Frank, and John Hoyt as burly, rugged bar owner Big Vic. Popping up in nifty bits are Debbie Rochon as a TV newscaster and Larry Fessenden as some cowardly jerk. The rat people are genuinely gross, creepy, and scary while the startling outbursts of brutal and grisly violence pack a pretty nasty punch. Best of all, the resolutely serious and gritty tone and welcome absence of any needless campy humor ensure that the severity of the horror is served straight up in a pleasingly harsh and uncompromising manner. Ryan Samul's lively hand-held cinematography adds an extra thrilling kinetic buzz. Andreas Kapsalis' shivery score likewise hits the spine-tingling spot. A real sleeper.

bababear I'd been curious about this because when I was small I read TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET, and so it had my attention from the get-go based on that.The template is, of course, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and, before that THE BIRDS. A group of people is trapped together while under attack from external forces.The thing is, this is a very interesting group of people played by excellent but unknown actors. This is actually a benefit: if big stars were cast, you'd have a pretty good idea what the life expectancy of various characters was.The main character is Clutch, a former boxer. He lives on Mulberry Street in New York City- and this is actually New York City, not Toronto- in a neighborhood that is undergoing massive change. Real estate developers are chasing off the locals (i.e. poor people and/or minorities) to put up luxury buildings. But what they can't get rid of is the rats. In the heat of summer they are thriving, and they become bolder and begin attacking people. When people are bitten they become monsters and attack other people, thus spreading the disease more and more quickly.Clutch's daughter, Casey, is coming home bearing the scars of war in the Persian Gulf. She gets to Manhattan, but when the subway trains stop running due to the epidemic she has to make her way to Lower Manhattan to find her father and his friends.I can't believe this movie was made on such a small budget. Wow. If there were any justice the people who worked on this movie- the actors didn't get paid, most were friends and relatives of the director and writer- would all be millionaires.