Endangered Species

It's a 10 if you like watching stupid people make one stupid decision after another.

I literally started fast forwarding 5 minutes in, hoping to reach a point where I wasn't watching a gang of imbeciles (the "family") but nope.... a total waste of time.

2 is being generous.

Having been to Africa, including photo safari game runs, on two memorable occasions I sat bug eyed in disbelief at the gross stupidity of this screenplay. For the first time in recorded history lunatic 'dad' books plane tickets and a safari lodge (hotel) but intentionally does NOT book a photo safari for the family. Photo safari means a vehicle and at the very least a driver/guide who will find the wildlife, identify the wildlife and and assure your survival driving to and from the safari lodge. While you could technically rent a vehicle in Nairobi zero safari hotels, in the wild, will provide a vehicle for guests to head out on their own. What could be worse then going it alone? Driving off the main safari road so that you are guaranteed to be lost and with chances of all surviving being reduced to about zero. More kudos for an absurd screenplay!

And this is merely the premise of this absurd film, as many others have mentioned. The CGI was awful but the actors did an okay job playing the role of idiots per the screenplay they were stuck with. This film would have rated 8 stars if it was titled: The Three Stooges and Their Families Go On Safari!

Though the production values were decent and the acting was acceptable, the story was trite and predictable from one minute to the next. I won't go into examples because that would necessarily add spoilers and, in any case, there are just too many of them to list. Additionally, most of the animals that were the main characters driving the story line were so noticeably computer generated they weren't believable at all. I expected more from this but was extremely disappointed. Not recommended.

When I read the reviews for this film the one thing I repeatedly saw being said was that there was non stop stupid decisions by the main characters. I would like to remind people that this is basically the premise for every film. If people made the right decisions there would be nothing on TV.

I do agree however that the acting was bad an the CGI was not very well done. Definitely could have been better but was anyone reallu expecting this to be a masterpiece? There are definitely worse films out there.

I love movies with Africa as the backdrop and was looking forward to this movie. The CGI was so bad that it ruined the flow of the movie. It was laughable. It's also one of those movies where the characters do every stupid thing possible in every situation. I ended up rooting for the vicious animals. Overall a huge disappointment.