Claw

Based on the actual quality of the movie and the writing, probably only 3 or 4 stars. Based on how much I enjoyed myself, 10 stars. So, split the difference.

I've watched movies with much higher production that took themselves far too seriously, and thus were worse than Claw. This movie was a bunch of people having fun, with a silly little story and some good humor.

Definitely not for everyone. More of a cult comedy thing, where you shouldn't take any of it serious and should just sit back and not think for an hour.

I give it 4 stars for the good CGI and the good acting of the girl. The acting of all the other characters was really bad. The plot is non-existent. I mean, the preview tells you literally what it is about: two people get chased around by a raptor for an hour and half. No backstory, no drama, no complexity, and the attempts at humor were pretty bad. Sorry to the people who made it, as I know you put your heart into it, but I just did not find it to be a good movie (the girl's good acting aside).

The title CLAW is a synecdoche (a part which represents a whole, just as in JAWS (1975) the title actually refers to a shark). It refers to a prehistoric monster that was genetically re-engineered by a renegade scientist and ends up, for much of the duration of the movie, chasing a pair of comedians who made an involuntary stop at a desert ghost town.

This is brainless but fun entertainment for the right crowd. It takes neither science nor logic nor itself seriously, but that is okay because it is not meant to be a dissertation (a propos dissertation: the monster is referred to as a "raptor", short for "velociraptor", but that is actually a misidentification: none other than Michael Crichton, the author of JURASSIC PARK (1993), started a trend of giving this dinosaur which is closest to the ferocious Deinonychus the name of a Turkey-sized dinosaur, probably because it sounded cooler. Incidentally, whereas "velociraptor" means "swift robber", Deinonychus means "terrible claw"! Oh well).

I am part of the right audience because I like both movies in which people are chased by a monster (some comps I recently saw and liked: HOOKED UP (2013), where two people are chased by a ghost and DASHCAM (2021), where two people are chased by a flying zombie) and I like movies which have a ghost town as a background setting (a recent example: A TOWN FULL OF GHOSTS (2022)).

I am a very analytic person (see writing sample above) but it is good to every once a while let go and just let a silly movie be, as long as it hits the right entertainment notes, and this one does for me, mostly.

The CGI and acting are not top notch but adequate and the progression of events is entertaining, though I would have wished for a little faster pace. The music makes this film stand out from comparable low budget fare: the score is orchestral and gives the movie a little bit of a retro feel.

The ending overdoes the silliness a bit, and the 14-minute slo-mo end credits for this 80 minute movie must be some sort of an inside joke, but overall, it was not bad for a little over an hour entertainment. That is, if you like a movie that is just showing some people being chased by a monster against an unusual setting.

This is a nice little comedy. It ain't King Lear. It ain't Gone With The Wind. It's a small fun movie, designed to make you smile and laugh and get some cheap flash scares on the way. The acting is just fine, in fact very good for this movie genre.

When you have some time and need to decompress, start this one and see how you like it.

Claw was a decent movie, the rating is below-average, but I don't nessaserily agree, I think with its approach it works quite well, and doesn't do much wrong. The quipps are hit-and-miss, but it doesn't jump and then swim, it takes it's hit and when doesn't work which some don't, then your left with an empty ocean. If they do work, then they swim like Fishes. So let's get into the review.

Both friends are stuck in a deserted and colourless area in a sand heap, unfortunately for them with a Broken car, and nobody in sight, are quirky characters are stuck with a decision. The first 10 minutes is good because it has charm, it has their quirky side, and the dynamic is interesting because they are both completely different. What makes this part good is when the girls dancing and flexing trying to get a ride, the scene is played out well because it's charming and fun. If you explore some negatives then yes you'd think they'd have a spare tyre, but apart from that it seems quite good so far-7

Then the next part has some pacing issues, but the exploration on the farm was interesting and did develop some fears and did have some genuine scares which is what I liked. There's also some surprises along the way, and I am surprised the man getting nudged couldn't wake up, that was a funny scene because you didn't know what he was like, so far a few flaws but mostly good, so stay with me-6.5

Then we get the action scenes, which some are full of surprises, and the Movie completely laughs in your face! And gives you some fun and energetic runs, the girly screams from the man will never not be funny. And if any nit-pics, I wish the guy would have more of an interesting mystery, as it comes across as abit formulaic with him acting mysterious the whole time, and he told a little white lie, it did disappoint slightly but not too bad. 5.5 so far.

Then a year later, the Friends then joke around about how they were in a desolute town and that they had a mysterious old man, I quite liked some of the jokes, like I said not all of them sticked but worth the watch. A fun fulfilled time with a brilliant ending. 5.60 Avg Weighted for me.

I think this film is a 5 Because it has some good action-Sequences and was a good fun time that's laughably dumb. Not bad indeed, I'd say a solid 5/10 worth a one-time-watch, just "One more time, we're gonna celebrate".