Kaw (2007)

Sadly Over-hyped

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

REALLY MINOR SPOILERS, TRIED NOT TO GIVE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT AWAY!Not even British ravens, so they're pretty small. Looked like crows to me.Still, you know how creature features tend to have an explanation for the growth and/or outbreak of the featured creature? This has the BEST.Fully covers how they got it and why it makes the ravens turn into pack killers, and why they'll learn better and more effective methods of attack and then revert back to their useless attacks....Wait, no, it doesn't cover any of that.Also worth a look for the WORST DOCTOR EVER! Even by creature feature standards, was he even trying?Another film that could be fun with friends and good food if you have some time to kill.

Director Sheldon Weldon who also created the classic flick, Shallow Ground 2004 has created another gem in Kaw.Starring Sean Patrick Flanery who has also been in other classic flicks, Lone Hero 2002, The Boondock Saints 1999 and Frank & Jesse 1995.Also starring Stephen McHattie who has also been in other classic flicks, Pontypool 2008, Shoot 'Em Up 2007, 300 2006 and A History of Violence 2005.Also starring Kristin Booth.Also starring Rod Taylor who has also been in other classic flicks, Inglourious Basterds 2009 and another classic animal flick, The Birds 1963.I enjoyed the attack scenes.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic animal flicks, Anaconda III 2008, Arachnophobia 1990, The Bear 1988, Black Sheep 2006, The Breed 2006, Burning Bright 2010, Isolation 2005, Jurassic Park 1993, Jurassic Park 3 2001, The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997, Long Weekend 1978, Of Unknown Origin 1983, The Protector 2005, Razorback 1984, Spiders 2000, Eight Legged Freaks 2002, Big Ass Spider! 2013, Tracks 2013, Red Dog 2011, The Pack 2015, White God 2014, The Grey 2011, Isolation 2005, Megan Leavey 2017 and Wild Beasts 1984.

This movie is as bad as it sounds. Killer ravens. I watch almost *anything* that is labeled horror. But I had been avoiding renting this since the premise seemed so weak that it couldn't possibly flesh out into a watchable movie. My wife brought it home one Saturday night and... I was right. The problem here is exacerbated by the fact that I had recently watched two movies which had killer birds in them as a subplot and they were pretty well done. "Resident Evil: Extinction" was one of them, can't remember the other but it was a ghost movie o some kind. Anyway, the crows/ravens in this movie didn't scare me one bit. I kept thinking "just cover your head with your jacket and you'll be all right dammit!" The production values are a couple of notches higher than the quality of the script. The acting is standard/mediocre, which isn't a deal-breaker for me in these genre flicks. The cgi was, again, standard/mediocre, which wouldn't bother me much. Oddly, the photography was quite well done, (always comparing it to the quality of the script). It seemed like there was *some* talent in the crew, but they were simply doomed to make a horribly scripted piece of ... I cannot stress enough how bad, bland, clichéd the story is. It's the only reason I felt compelled to write about it.

The problems with this movie are too many to list. First of all, they're birds. Big birds, yes. But birds. Yes, they can peck and tear at you with it their beak. But I refuse to believe that a person will die because of a dozen lacerations on their face and hands. Of course, I can understand it with people as stupid as the characters in the movie. Oooh, big birds are attacking my car......so.....I'll throw it in reverse and drive backwards as fast as I can without being able to see where I'm going. Let's see, I'm a deputy with a shotgun. I run way out in the middle of the street and start shooting randomly in the air without aiming. I keep shooting until...what?...you mean this thing doesn't hold 100 shells? Oh my God. What will I do? Run back inside? No. Get in the truck sitting right next to me? No. I'll stand in the middle of the street and scream while they eat me. And then theirs the ravens. Yes, ravens are smart. But by that, they mean they are smart, relative to birds. That means their brains generate 2 micro amps rather than 1. Dive bombing a bus with rocks to break the windows? Are you kidding me? First of all, how did they grip the rocks. Did they find some with handles? And even then, they couldn't lift a rock big enough to break safety glass. I was so reminded of the scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail when the English soldiers are debating how a swallow could carry a coconut.But in the end, ravens or not, it all comes back to the fact that they are birds. Big birds yes, but birds. Even in the original The Birds (great movie), no one fights back. If I got attacked out in the open, with no place to seek cover, there would be a lot a ravens with broken necks before they'd do enough damage to take me down. And if I had time to prepare? Get a full face motorcycle helmet, leather jacket, leather gloves, shotgun and a case a 00 buck. Then you step outside and proceed to rapidly decrease the raven population.