Behemoth

Its almost as if the producers just looked at a list of clichés and just picked the ones they like from it. Its all here. The pretty scientist, the handsome local to serve as a foil to create a sexual tension, the young college age couple, the old man who knows what is happening but everyone thinks is crazy, the skeptical sheriff, the mysterious, cryptic government agent along with all the usual stuff about how mankind is causing the earth and environment to fight back against all the horrible things manking has done to it. This time its in the form of a creature who supposedly has the power to destroy all life on earth as we know it. To me it just looks like a poor mans Kraken from Clash of the Titans. Don't't waste your time.

HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME (4) and today we review .... the old crazy guy was right ... THE MOVIE !

OKAY SO #1 as "torsung81" pointed out this film is in fact called BEHEMOTH ... and came out in like 2010/11 .. on the sci fi channel if im not mistaken even lol.... but i most remember it in the good ol movie rental store staring at me all the time ....REMEMBER those places .... you know ...where you went every week to see what came out and enjoy the nostalgic fun of renting a movie with the kids and just .... ahhh memories we will never have again ...

anyways ...... this is a 3rd generational creature feature film ...... we had the first WAY back .... the black and white ones with giant ants , and lizards ....then we had the 80/90s remaking those, and had a couple of giant anacondas lol ....then in the 2000s we say TONS of giant creatures showing up ..... its was great .... well sometimes ..... the worst part of the 2000s /3rd generation of these creature features that centered on giant monsters usually animal based is they use CGI creatures ....and wow .... its either awesomely cheesy or just terribly bad .... usually no "good" in sight .......however this one is pretty good looking on screen .... in 2010 digial FX were still a bit rough around the edges .....here in 2023 digital FX are STILL rough around the edges ...it's like the made it to about half way and said ...meh ...close enough we don't REALLY need to go any further .... so honestly i can't complain about the creature here ....

WELL......

it looks goofy in the head lol.... it kind of looks like "the giant claw" lol.... if you know you know ....... just the way it opens its mouth , other wise it looks like ... a giant rock star fish on a mountain with a long bird head neck going on and some tentacles ..... for sure do NOT look that up online ...

over all the film is a solid , classic creature feature film, it follows the usual story,and has the usual tropes ....... BUT it does kind of feels a little more ...i don't really know ... maybe like actiony ? Maybe its from all the shaking lol.... i would say it felt more paced , faster moving BUT not really we spend plenty of time following around our mains and all this back story ... so its pretty standard ...hmmmm ill have to figure that one out .........

SO this one is a fun little film , it doesn't offer up anything really new per say , but not much does now .... and even at the time it came out it was pretty on par with the others , there's nothing bad about it really, the acting is okay, the lighting , sound etc is all on the positive side of things .... but at the same time it doesn't offer anything in a way of REALLY making you remember it 2 days later .....

4/10

personally i enjoyed it but again with there being SO many creature features out there that do offer more funny moments or excitement or innovative aspects film wise (like:8 legged freaks-2002) this one is just ...okay .....

As I have said, many times, I do dislike intensely a vast majority of SyFy's output save a few exceptions, though I do watch them to see if there are some at least decent films among the sea of crud. Behemoth is not down there with SyFy's worst, not with Quantum Apocalypse, Alien vs. Hunter, Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Moby Dick: 2010 and Titanic II.

What does salvage the movie from being bottom-of-the-barrel quality like the aforementioned titles are the surprisingly good CGI effects, when I finally saw the monster fully I was surprised at how good it looked compared to other effects I've seen on the channel. Also William B. Davis while not outstanding gives a noteworthy performance.

Everything else didn't engage sadly. The settings were okay, but the haphazard editing and rather dim lighting prevented me from properly enjoying. The story is rather plodding, very predictable and by-the-numbers, with any thrills, suspense and tension feeling somewhat tame and only the ending properly exciting.

The script is banal and as plodding as the story. The beginning especially is full of overlong and sometimes meaningless exposition. The direction is often unfocused too, the sound is lacking in clarity even in crucial scenes and the music to me was forgettable at best.

The characters are lifeless, clichéd and none of the characters emotionally resonated with me in any way. This is not just the script and expositions, but the dull acting also plays a major factor in this. Davis as far as I was concerned was the only one who tried, everyone looked bored and were phoning in.

Overall, SyFy has done worse but I don't recommend Behemoth. 3/10 Bethany Cox

No surprises here and fun if you play the "Cliché Game": Watch the movie and try to count the clichés. 1 point for standard cliché, 5 points for ridiculous. I lost count after about 500 points.

This is pretty much standard made-for-TV movie fare. With the predictable moments fighting it out with the ridiculous moments for top prize.

One of my favorite "what the BLEEP" moments was when the Sheriff finally decides to believe the "experts" and evacuate the town all he says to the townsfolk is, "Grab your stuff and get out of town!" Since the town is so small, "out of town" is about 200 yards away. Not a lot of help...

The actors do their best with a horrible script but, as another reviewer stated, the women for the most part stand there screaming, "What's happening!!" over and over. There is a character named Zoe that you really want to slap repeatedly after 2 or 3 scenes...

Watch this for an excellent lesson on how to make a really bad movie!

There are B movies that are good, cheesy fun and then there are B movies like "Behemoth." Given that I've seen most of these actors in other shows, and all have them been pretty good ... especially Ed Quinn who plays the lead ... I was expecting more from this film.

I was dismayed and disappointed when most of the acting was wooden ... almost like Tippy Hedron watching the the line of fire at the end of "The Birds." The dialogue was stilted, the timing was off and basically, "Behemoth" left me scratching my head.

For example, Ed Quinn, who is pretty darn awesome as Nathan Stark in "Eureka," seemed like he was sleep walking through this movie. On top of that, the plot was predictable, the action was less than exciting and the climax was almost anti-climactic. Unless you just can't resist watching yet another over-sized monster movie, I'd recommend you pass on this one.