Night of the Wild (2015 TV Movie)
7/10
Fun Sci-Fi Channel killer dog effort
6 October 2015
After a meteorite lands in their town, a group of residents finds that the action is causing the local dogs to turn into vicious, man-eating killers and must find a way of containing their viciousness before more in town are killed.

Overall this one was quite the enjoyable offering. This one manages to get a lot right here when it comes to detailing the fine action on display, as this one really manages to get a lot of fun with the dogs here appearing quite often to good effect. The opening attack in the town is fun enough, as the sight of the dogs suddenly turning vicious and turning on their owners is quite fun but then it becomes about the chaos and panic they cause on the streets as the everyday life is completely shattered here with the dogs bringing about the fun swarming sequences and how they manage to take down the different groups throughout here which is what makes this so much fun as there's a lot to like here. Even the home attacks are generally a lot of fun with the dogs taking their owners out in suburbia, but the true fun is in the two biggest attacks here in the action-packed stalking in the woods and the later attack on the apple-farm where each one manages to get a lot out of them. The woodland attack starts off nicely with the ambush on the friend and the resulting brawl to save her, which turns into a thrilling need to escape the area before they get overrun as the howling off in the distance continually closes in on them and finally gets to the rather fun time of the hideout in the abandoned truck which brings about a rather thrilling ploy trying to keep herself safe from the dog attempting to get in, while the apple-farm is more about the overwhelming number of dogs running through the area and getting to attack as one massive horde in the scene as the chaos and panic adds to the action. As well, other big action scenes in the final half is quite fun as the rescue attempt from the house and the subsequent race to get away from town generates some fun, while also managing to bring up the first of several minor flaws that hold this one down. The main thing against this is certainly the utter stupidity displayed throughout here which manages to continue putting people in danger more often than saving them, especially from the younger daughter who actively ignores not only her mother screaming at her to get to safety and numerous encounters on her own but even news-reports on TV urging residents away from the dogs in order to check on her puppy which continues forces her mother into danger to save her while almost everyone else here commits something similar continuously throughout here. The last flaw here is the rather bland CGI, which is to be expected here since while this one does some good with the use of realistic dogs but the lame CGI for the meteorites and the wounds looks bad and plainly obvious from time-to- time. Otherwise this one here wasn't all that bad.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language, children-in-jeopardy and violence-against-animals.
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