Streaming Dying Breed Online
Mardi, septembre 14th, 2010 |
Streaming Dying Breed Online.
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I always laugh when a horror movie begins and ends with facts to read. Even if the filmmakers are alluding to actual events, do they honestly expect that the plot itself is deserving of a history lesson? At the start of “Dying Breed,” we learn about Alexander Pearce, an Irish convict who in 1822 escaped from a penal colony on the Australian island of Tasmania; in 1824, he was caught, tried, and hanged for murder and cannibalism. In the film, he’s given the nickname The Pieman, although we now know that this is actually a reference to pastry chef Thomas Kent, another Tasmanian inmate who also escaped imprisonment in 1822. I can understand why writers Michael Boughen, Jody Dwyer, and Rod Morris gave that name to Pearce–students of “Sweeney Todd” know that cannibalism is a lot more fun when it’s coupled with the skill and artistry of a baker.
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This movie also tells us about the Tasmanian Tiger, a carnivorous marsupial that was once common throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. As of today, some believe early European settlers hunted this animal to extinction, the last one dying in captivity in 1936. Others believe that a select few survived and continue to exist in isolated groups within the bushland of Tasmania. Sightings have been reported, although there’s no actual proof of anything. There is, however, the ominous fact that many hikers have gone into Tasmania, never to be seen or heard from again.
What exactly do these two bits of information have to do with one another? “Dying Breed” attempts to make a connection, although it’s weak, probably because there’s no chemistry between them. Yes, there is that fact that both are part of the fabric of Australian legend. And then there’s one of the film’s most crucial subplots, in which the creepy townsfolk of an isolated Tasmanian village show just how far they will go to keep certain traditions alive; the obvious symbolism is that the townsfolk are struggling to survive, just like the Tiger. But that doesn’t amount to very much in the grand scheme of things. Ultimately, two very different ideas are at work in just one story, and that’s bad because they don’t really belong together.
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The plot focuses on an Irish zoologist named Nina (Mirrah Foulkes). She has now made it her mission to find a Tasmanian Tiger, which she believes still exists. The proof is in a photo of a paw print taken by her sister, who was also in search of a Tiger before dying mysteriously eight years ago. Nina’s superiors refuse to fund a new expedition, so she has to rely on her Australian boyfriend, Matt (Leigh Whannell), who relies on an old friend named Jack (Nathan Phillips). Once Nina and Matt arrive in Tasmania, they travel with Jack and his girlfriend, Rebecca (Melanie Vallejo), into the frighteningly isolated village of Sarah, where it’s always gray and rainy and the locals all have a distrustful, psychotic glint in their eyes.
The first three-quarters of this film could have worked as a character study, but alas, everyone is so broadly drawn that they come dangerously close to turning into cardboard. Nina, for example, is no more nor less than what the screenplay requires her to be at any given moment; when she doesn’t need to be persistent, then she’s curious, and when she’s not curious, she’s scared, and when she’s not scared, she’s lost somewhere between driven and confused. In other words, I didn’t really know who she was. Matt, on the other hand, is so passive and even-tempered that he’s just shy of completely boring. Rebecca is just an extra character, serving no real purpose other than being a companion for Jack. And as for Jack, he’s probably the most developed character, which is annoying since (a) he isn’t the main character, and (b) he’s unlikable. He seems to lack the ability to keep his mouth shut when it’s most necessary, creating tension between him and Nina, which in turn creates tension between Nina and Matt.
The horror element is there, but it’s not much of a saving grace since so many of the clichés I grew tired of a long time ago are still being used. Only in this kind of film would anyone even consider exploring a shack located miles from anywhere. And not run when they discover that it’s a House of Horrors. And actually investigate a stove when it appears that the contents of an abandoned pot are about to boil over. The only thing that prevented this story from bottoming out: A lack of sex-crazed teens stupidly wandering off alone while calling, “Hello? Is anyone there?”
Still, clichés are better than back-stories that don’t make a whole lot of sense. I watched the Tasmanian townsfolk in various scenes, and I got that they were driven to keep to tradition, but somehow, I couldn’t make sense of the tradition itself, which involves both feeding and breeding. What exactly is director Jody Dwyer trying to tell us here? That one deadly species has gone extinct, only to be replaced by another deadly species? If that’s the case, then why even bother bringing up the Tasmanian Tiger? Why not focus on just the townsfolk? I would have liked “Dying Breed” a lot more had it known which story it wanted to tell. The Pieman or the Tiger–make up your mind. I’d go for The Pieman, because God knows that, in a horror movie, watching someone eat a meat pie is better than reading the history of an elusive animal.
On the island of Tasmania, rumor tells of a thought-to-be extinct tiger roaming the woods. A woman named Nina has photographic evidence of this beast, taken years previously by her sister, who later turned up drowned in the same area. Nina sets off to catch her own glimpse of the elusive animal, taking along her boyfriend, his brother, and his brother’s girlfriend. Once the four enter the backwater locale, things quickly proceed from bad to worse as they run afoul of another local legend, the infamous Alexander Pearce, AKA “The Pieman.” An infamous escapee from an 1800s era prison who reportedly survived on human flesh, this real-life legend comes to haunt our cast in the form of Pearce’s supposed offspring.
This was the third of the 8 Films To Die For I watched this year, trying to go in order of least to most interested. From the trailer and synopsis, I went into this one with very little interest.
At first, I thought I might be headed for a pleasant surprise. The film is absolutely gorgeous to look at. Widescreen views of the heavily wooded waterways shrouded in ominous clouds gives the film a wonderfully eerie start. Add to that the wonderfully likable Melanie Vallejo, and I was settling in for a good time with what appeared to be a good old-fashioned creature feature.
Unfortunately, the original premise of hunting for a fabled tiger turned out to be a misdirection. The true horror lies in the confrontation with the locals - supposed descendants of the famous cannibal. What was looking like a nice, creepy chiller turns into a run-of-the-mill “hillbilly horror” flick. I don’t think I have ever seen this sub-sub-genre pulled off effectively (unless you include TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) - something about the redneck cannibals just always seems excessively cheesy and improbable.
But what really kills the film are the inanely stupid decisions the main characters make in the second half. The first kill was effective and jarring, I’ll give it that. But after this, the remaining three become complete nimrods. First, they seperate. Second, they allow themselves to be led from one trap to another by one of the locals whom they have NO reason to trust! In the end, you feel like they deserve to meet their ultimate demise! By the time the film reached it’s predictably gloomy conclusion, I was ready to eat these people myself! It is sad, because I felt the movie set these characters up nicely in the beginning. They seemed to be a level above the usual horror fare. I actually liked these people - until they got stupid.
As I said, the setup was good, but once the slaughter begins, the script quickly runs out of ideas. Creativity and suspense take a back seat to simple, straightforward gore. Why set up an elaborate chase sequence, when you can just have an extreme close-up of a man chewing a woman’s toes off her severed foot? What filmmakers need to know today is that simply throwing blood and goo at the lens does not compensate for a lack of imagination. Ironically, the one truly memorable death in the film involves the annoying brother-in-law, a bear trap, and VERY LITTLE blood.
Somewhere along the way, hints were dropped to suggest that the hillbillies have more in mind than just food - that they also are eyeing the main girl as a potential breeder . . . whatever, it’s such a slapdash inclusion, it barely has any lasting impact on the overall proceedings.
All in all, this is near the bottom of the Afterdark heap for me this year.
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