Review of The Pack

The Pack (2015)
4/10
Not a dog of a film, but not successful
17 June 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I wonder if Warner Brothers knows of this movie, seeing that back in 1977 they released a movie about people in an isolated rural area being terrorized by a bunch of wild dogs. And that movie was also called "The Pack"! Still, I am open to a rip-off as long as the rip-off is well made and has some new angles. As for being well made, the movie's visual look is passable, if still a little low budget to the eye. But when it comes to delivering the horror goods, the movie is not very successful. The first 40% of the movie is pretty dull for the most part. I understand the filmmakers had to set up the characters and the situation, but it should have been more interestingly presented than it is here. When the horror does start, it is not worth the wait. The dog attacks and other action sequences are really poorly directed, sometimes requiring the viewer to wait until they are finished to figure out exactly what happened. Also, neither the dogs nor the human characters are given enough personality, so you simply won't care one way or another who survives and who doesn't. I realize I may be illustrating this movie as being a real turkey. It really isn't, but it's all the same too bland, too familiar, and too much lacking bite to really be a grabber. Hunt down the original 1977 movie instead.
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