Review of Feast (2005) by James C — 12 Sep 2011

When a small town bar is attacked by a group of unknown creatures, it is up to the the rag tag mix of patrons to defend themselves.

Had heard really good things about this movie, so decided to finally check it out, and what I saw completely lived up to expectations. This is one those rare movies that successfully mixes a good story with humour, gore and solid direction. The inclusion of some very good special effects and a few well known actors, really added to the overall package. The use of the one location was a brave choice, but works perfectly. All the characters are suitably over the top and the monsters have the right amount of tooth and claw. I usually have problems with plots that give no reason or back story, but in this case you really didn't need to know anything about the characters or the creatures, as you know that a majority of them are going to die. The only quibble I have is that the monster shots were handled in a jerky way that made it difficult to see what they were up to, but this was probably deliberately done so you didn't see them properly until the end, but it was still a little annoying on the eye.