Razorback

Plot

As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.

Cast

Not familiar with anyone involved except the ill fated Arkie Whiteley.

Verdict

This was recommended to me by a guy who likes throwing me the absolute most dire and cheesy monster flicks, it's because of him I'm pretty sure I've seen the entire Scyfy original catalogue.

Razorback most certainly comes under that category, namely a dire cheesy monster flick! Set in the outback we see our hapless hero teaming with a grizzled hunter who has history with porky and fending off two local miscreants who are more of a threat throughout than the beasty itself.

Our piggy is barely on screen and when it is it's generally ultra close up shots of its tusks/nose at no point do you really get a proper look at it and I'm sure the reasons for this are pretty obvious.

The plot is bland, it never reels you in. You never feel the threat of this creature, you're more annoyed by the other pair of antagonists who are just dreadful! And our lead? He couldn't have been anymore bland if they tried, awful awful character.

Razorback is not an 80's classic, it's a movie kept afloat in peoples mind by the power of nostalgia.

Rants

Oh Arkie, what could have been? There was a young talented actress with a successful career on the up! What a dreadful shame, so incredibly young, she hadn't even hit 40 before falling. I'd have loved to see how her career would have inevitably blossomed.

The Good

Arkie Whiteley

The Bad

Weak creature effects Awful finale Bland leading man Antagonist humans were simply too annoying Fails to engage the viewer.