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Executive producer Wes (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) Craven has been a good influence on this horror film about genetically engineered dogs that take over an isolated island and cause some vacationers serious trouble. Written by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann THE BREED is about a group of friends that head out to a vacation house to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life for just one weekend. Unbeknownst to them that they will have to use their whit to out think a bunch of intelligent dogs who refuse to let anyone else inhabit their island.
Trapped in the vacation house the friends have to get off the island by any means necessary but the pack of dogs have other plans as they are always one step ahead of the humans. Although the script is fairly straight forward and bland director Nicholas Mastandrea does a great job with presenting the action sequences, which keep the film rolling forward in the second half of the film. The first half of the film is the weak link in that it ebbs and flows very slowly as it sets up the rest of the film but this first half is so predictable and borrows so much from other horror films that came before it that it comes off as cliché.
Even with the cliché script it is the cast that shines in this film as they have put together a good ensemble with Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, and Taryn Manning, to name a few. They are very well together and at times elevate the pedestrian script. Also of note is Giulio Biccari’s cinematography which make the film look bigger and better then it actually is and putting this film on par which such other theatrical films as TOURISTAS, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (the remake), or JOYRIDE. THE BREED may not be as ground breaking as CUJO but it has its moments.
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