Black Sheep (Unrated)
by Jonathan King
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Actor: Danielle Mason, Glenis Levestam, Nathan Meister, Peter Feeney, Tammy DavisDirector: Jonathan King
Brand: Wellspring Media INC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 80570
Studio: Weinstein Company
Product features:
- An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR Age: 796019805704 UPC: 796019805704 Manufacturer No: 80570
Movie Reviews of Black Sheep (Unrated)
Movie Review: Good things come in Small Jars
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first rented Black Sheep I thought that I might get a few laughs from the film and that would be that. When I finished the film I had done a complete 180, thinking how this reminded me a lot of a newer Dead Alive. This isn't to say that the two movies are similar in plot because they aren't, but the two have a lot in common. Here we have a simple premise, genetic mutation, applied to a beastie that isn't really something you normally think "monster" with. That worked out well, too, because sheep weren't just fluffy little abominations to contend with. Depending on the size of the beast, the fluffiness, and the amount of teeth it is willing to lend to the shout, they can seem quite deranged - especially when they're double-dipping into a vat of humanity. We also have a main character, a troubled main character, with issues locked both in the past and the present.
And then we have the humor, bizarre and cuddly and terrible all on its own, making a beautiful butterfly to watch buzz the skyline.
One thing I have to say about Black Sheep is that the previews really didn't do it justice. I'm not sure you could do it justice, either, but having such a good movie on your hands and having it spread by word-of-mouth is a sad affair when you think about it. I suppose that's been the blight of a lot of great dark comedies in their time; you have an idea that seems odd but that works, an audience that will grow to love it once they see it, and a bunch of film critics that will herald it the wrong way. Such can be expected, but so much the pity when the product is worth seeing. The acting is good, the prosthetics is good, the sheep fighting humans is funny, and the little plot pieces hiding here and there kept everyone I know rolling because it seemed so beautifully constructed. I honestly never imagined myself as a fan of a sheep body checking someone until I saw it.
I really needed to watch it twice just to get enough.
Granted, this isn't for everyone. It does have its fair amount of gore, a style of humor that is dark and yet light at the same time, and it makes fun of a lot of different types of people. Hippies suffer the film wrath here, for instance, and so do the varied lot of journalists and business class people. That's pat of the beauty of it, too; not everyone will enjoy it but, if the idea seems to be funny to it, it will be sooo much better than you expected.
Highly recommended for anyone interested (you already know who you are).
Summary of Black Sheep (Unrated)
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