Boar

This 3.4 million dollar production should be ashamed at such a complete waste of money and supposed great Australian talent. Criminally poor acting, a derivative script with a plot so stupid it is painful to endure. Couple that with creature effects and digital effects that make Lake Placid 2 look like a masterpiece. Avoid at all costs is my recommendation.

It's a Boar that eats people, nothing more, nothing less. A creature feature set in the Australian outback that has late night curiosity viewing written all over it.

Is "Boar" a flawed horror film with quite a few shortcomings? Yes, it most certainly is. Is it possible for a B-movie to offer more outrageously violent & bloody entertainment than "Boar" does? No, absolutely not and that's a guarantee! Sincere apologies, but you won't be reading a 100% objective review from me. I'm incredibly biased and already knew that I was going to love "Boar" long before I sat down to watch the world premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. I have a lot of sympathy for writer/director Chris Sun ever since the unscrupulous "Charlie's Farm", I cherish a tremendous fondness for Australian horror cinema in general, and my favorite sub-genre also just happens to be "oversized animal attack" movies!

With its premise, "Boar" naturally reminds you instantly of Russell Mulcahy's 1984 classic "Razorback", but Chris Sun's film is neither a sequel, a remake or an homage. The plot is incredibly simplistic and straightforward: a small community in the wide Australian outback is beleaguered by a mastodon boar, about the size of a mammoth, and it is killing one helluva lot of people! Sourpusses are likely to slam the script, since it doesn't bother to clarify why the animal is approximately ten times its species normal size, but B-movie fanatics will simply just enjoy the massive amount of bloodshed, the breath-taking rural Aussie filming locations and - of course - the sight of the humongous pig with its filthy tusks and eerie growling. The special effects are not always convincing, especially when the digital pig is spurting or devouring human heads, but the gore is overall fantastic. Last but certainly not least, deep respect for Chris Sun as he managed to gather a dream-cast full of Australian cult legends! "Boar" stars John Jarratt ("Wolf Creek", "Dark Age"), Roger Ward ("Mad Max", "Blood Camp Thatcher") and Steve Bisley (Goose from "Mad Max"). Following their previous collaboration on "Charlie's Farm", former wrestling champion Nathan Jones and horror veteran Bill Moseley also returned to join Chris Sun's cast. "Boar" probably only deserves a solid rating 5 or 6 out of 10, but I'm rewarding it with a big fat 8/10 and hope all Ozploitation fans will seek it out!

Loved seeing "Mick Taylor" from Wolf Creek in this movie. Too bad he didn't have a bigger part. I'm tired of watching movies where I actually hope the characters get killed just because they are so stupid. Bennie took the cake in the stupid department! Besides that, he was a jerk and a bully. Not a bad movie though, well worth watching.

Being a massive fan of Razorback and other pig movies (and creature features in general) I was very excited to finally get the opportunity to have a look at Boar. The director, Chris Sun's other efforts include the nasty Daddy's Little Girl and the Slasher Charlies Farm. While they were interesting, they had some glaring problems that prevented them from being very good movies, but each movie this director makes, is a massive step in the right direction. So, going into Boar i was expecting a fun time and that is exactly what I got! In fact, I will say its better than I expected. From the great banter amongst iconic Australian actors, to the fantastic looking giant Boar, this is what you want from this type of movie. Add to that the nastiness in the gore (which you exepct from this director) Boar is a great way to spend 90 minutes if you go into it expecting a fun time!