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Canaries

  • 2017
  • 1h 24m
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3.7/10
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Craig Russell, Peter Stray, and Dominique Dauwe in Canaries (2017)
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The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.

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    • Peter Stray
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    • Peter Stray
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    • Robert Pugh
    • Hannah Daniel
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    3.7/10
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    • Director
      • Peter Stray
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      • Peter Stray
    • Stars
      • Robert Pugh
      • Hannah Daniel
      • Steve Meo
    • 39User reviews
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    2henry8-3

    Pretty grim effort sadly

    An alien invasion of a very small welsh village by badly made up aliens wearing yellow raincoats and washing up gloves with pointy fingers stuck on sounded so attractive. I so desperately wanted to like this very low budget piece of fun, but it must be said it's pretty grim. All the best to those that made it - I just hope it becomes a cult classic
    william-mingozzi

    Decent Movie

    This film has a lot going for it, and deserves a lot more than 4/10. While not original in itself, there are enough extras in the script to make it that bit different. The characters are believable, and it's nice to see aliens attacking Wales for once! It's low budget, and some of the acting, and editing could be better, but it's much better than many bigger budget, star laden affairs. Well worth a watch if you get the chance, definitely better than average.
    7kosmasp

    In tune

    The movie played at Frightfest and it arguably had if not the best introduction to a movie, then definitely one of the best. The main actor got conned into stripping (only partly, upper half, but still a hoot for all the women and some men I guess, but fun nevertheless). And it all was setting the mood for one very funny movie.

    The main character, a radio DJ, who is past his prime, goes back to his roots. For financial reasons of course. What he doesn't know: there are things happening outside of his realm ... literally! But while the dialog is amazing, the script may seem a bit convoluted in general, especially when it comes to coherence. Still that takes not much away from the fun you can have with this. Just roll with it and it's idea, that is really out there ...
    4deloudelouvain

    The aliens with the gloves from the local tool shop...

    Don't take the ten star reviews too seriously as those are people that are related to someone that has something to do with this movie. It's certainly not that great as they pretend it is, and the excuse that it is a small budget has nothing to do with it. There are plenty of good movies with a low budget but unfortunately Canaries or whatever name it is isn't one of them. I'll admit that the beginning was intriguing and promising but as soon as the first alien appeared it went seriously downhill with the quality. Those aliens must be one of the worst aliens I ever saw. A couple lenses for a different color of eyes, long claws glued on a pair of cheap working gloves where they didn't even take the time to erase the brand on the back of the gloves, that's about it. The acting was also, let's just stay friendly, not Oscar winning material. The fight scenes were most of the time just awful. They talk about a sequel but I don't see any reason why we would have to endure this for a second time.
    3ops-52535

    barely watchable

    Considering this being the favourite subject for everyone dreaming of becoming a newbie filmmaker. the ones who has made this flick are more comprehended and experienced, but not good enough. there have been made many british indie-movies that are far better than this

    its like aretha franklin screams,''its raining men, hallelujha its raining men''.....in a typical welsh village in a typical welsh vale. its new year and what goes up must fall down somewhere and sometime. in this case its an evil alien ,actually 4 with claws like big dippers on their fingers, hunting down and kill parties whenever....

    its a bad story, bad timeline and plot, and below accepted acting. filmo are ok but slash and stash are ketchup like ridden. there are a littel giggle here and there, but not enough to call it a comedy.

    if you love indie,then watch. if like good movies the way the grumpy old man likes it,then let it be.

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
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    • Also known as
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    • Filming locations
      • Lower Cwmtwrch, Wales, UK
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      • Maple Dragon Films
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      • 1h 24m(84 min)
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