Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
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The Heat is on, on the Street. The Beasts are on, on the Streets!
Believe me, I really try to avoid using cliché statements in my user-comments, but this good old-fashioned cable-TV production simply forces me to use not one but two horrendous review clichés. Here goes: #1 - they don't make movies like this anymore. By this, I refer to the use of real wild animals at real public filming locations. If someone should decide to remake "The Beasts are on the Streets" today - and it's actually a miracle that it hasn't happened yet - it would be almost entirely digital. They made 100% computerized animal versions of "The Jungle Book" and "The Lion King", so they could do the same for a few dozen safari park residents. #2 - the true stars of this film are the animal trainers, and of course the animals themselves. Many sequences in "The Beasts are on the Streets" must have been unimaginably difficult to shoot, what with big cats strolling around in suburbia, elephants shaking up cars, bears chasing after peddling boats in shallow water... My tremendous respect for the professionals that can accomplish this.
All compliments for the production circumstances aside, "The Beasts are on the Streets" is a very fun and engaging film! The plot is simply, but effective. A stressed-out driver of a tanker truck loses control and tears down the outer fence line of a safari park located next to a busy interstate. In practically no time, the road is flooded with a large variety of wild animals. You name a species, the Texas Grand Prairie Safari Park has it: rhinos, zebras, camels, ostriches and a variety of big cats. And, evidently, the main message the writers are trying to make clear is that animals simply follow their instincts, while people deliberately choose to be dumb! There has to be one nitwit who steps out of his car, while the helicopter above him repeats non-stop to stay indoors, and gets hugged by a tiger. Foolish teenagers chase ostriches in their dune buggies and set half a forest on fire. And, of course, the redneck hunters (who indirectly also caused the mayhem) can't resist to go after a lion's head for their trophy wall.
I was really entertained by "The Beasts on the Streets"; - as an animal lover, a cult fanatic and as a giant sucker for "animal attack" horror. The film probably doesn't deserve more than a 7, but I'll give it an 8 for sheer amusement!
All compliments for the production circumstances aside, "The Beasts are on the Streets" is a very fun and engaging film! The plot is simply, but effective. A stressed-out driver of a tanker truck loses control and tears down the outer fence line of a safari park located next to a busy interstate. In practically no time, the road is flooded with a large variety of wild animals. You name a species, the Texas Grand Prairie Safari Park has it: rhinos, zebras, camels, ostriches and a variety of big cats. And, evidently, the main message the writers are trying to make clear is that animals simply follow their instincts, while people deliberately choose to be dumb! There has to be one nitwit who steps out of his car, while the helicopter above him repeats non-stop to stay indoors, and gets hugged by a tiger. Foolish teenagers chase ostriches in their dune buggies and set half a forest on fire. And, of course, the redneck hunters (who indirectly also caused the mayhem) can't resist to go after a lion's head for their trophy wall.
I was really entertained by "The Beasts on the Streets"; - as an animal lover, a cult fanatic and as a giant sucker for "animal attack" horror. The film probably doesn't deserve more than a 7, but I'll give it an 8 for sheer amusement!
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What was the official certification given to The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978) in France?
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