Dying Breed (2008)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Jody Dwyer

Writers:

Michael Boughen (screenplay)
Jody Dwyer (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 November 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Every body has different tastes

Plot:

Dying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger...

Plot Keywords:

Tiger | Forest | Photograph | Tasmania | Cannibalism

Cast

Nathan Phillips	...	Jack
Leigh Whannell	...	Matt
Bille Brown	...	Harvey / Rowan
Mirrah Foulkes	...	Nina
Melanie Vallejo	...	Rebecca
Ken Radley	...	Liam
Elaine Hudson	...	Ethel
Sheridan Harvey	...	Katie
Peter Docker	...	Alexander Pierce
Boris Brkic	...	Sgt. Symons
Phillip McInnes	...	Guard #1
Ian 'Paddy' McIvor	...	Guard #2 (as Paddy McIvor)
James Portanier	...	Guard #3
Sally McDonald	...	Ruth
Peter Finlay	...	Hunter #1

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violent content, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Ambience Entertainment

Trivia:

During the first seconds of the end credits just 1 or 2 frames show what Pieman's Pie really is made of.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rebecca gets killed, the killer rolls her head over, and we see her eyes are open. When the killer leans in to eat her lips, however, they are closed.

Quotes:

Matt: [sees Jack cut the yellow ute's front right tyre] what does that achieve?
Jack: Nothing, but i feel better eh? Come on, let's have a beer.

Movie Connections:

References Deliverance (1972)

Boring and waste of time and money

Dying Breed is a waste. It is very very little about Tasmanian Tigers and more of a redo of some other horror movies.

Nothing new or different. Same old blood soaked chopping and slashing and women chasing.

Tired story line. Young people lost in woods find weirdos who eat people. Seen it before many times. BORING.

How to make a better movie. Drop the dumb dialogue, drop the dumb story line, get people who can act, they are called actors, less splash and more suspense, go back to telling an engaging story, and stop trying to be shocking. In fact, a good and well written movie would be shocking. Dying Breed sure was not anything worth seeing. The best part of dying breed were the few moments of the old (1930s) film clips of the Tasmaian Tiger