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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Logan (written by)
Release Date:
22 October 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
Where can you hide? more
Plot:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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I'd rather eat a diseased chicken more (146 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Lou Diamond Phillips | ... | Sheriff Emmett Kimsey | |
| Dina Meyer | ... | Dr. Sheila Casper | |
| Bob Gunton | ... | Dr. Alexander McCabe | |
| Leon | ... | Jimmy Sands | |
| Carlos Jacott | ... | Dr. Tobe Hodge | |
| David McConnell | ... | Deputy Wesley Munn (as David Shawn McConell) | |
| Marcia Dangerfield | ... | Mayor Amanda Branson | |
| Oscar Rowland | ... | Dr. Swanbeck | |
| Tim Whitaker | ... | Quint | |
| Juliana Johnson | ... | Emma | |
| James Sie | ... | Sergeant James | |
| Ned Bellamy | ... | Major Reid | |
| George Gerdes | ... | Chaswick | |
| Kurt Woodruff | ... | Major #2 | |
| Joel Farar | ... | Bartender |
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Also Known As:
Blood Moon (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some graphic, bloody bat attacks. (international version)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:12 | USA:R (DVD version) | Australia:M | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:TE | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Mexico:B | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37019) | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:16
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The stock USAF aircraft footage was taken from the movie Iron Eagle II (1988). more
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Continuity: At the end of the movie, the cuts to the air strike first show Falcons, then Mirages and finishes up with Phantoms. Were there really that many aircraft involved? more
Quotes:
Jimmy Sands:
There. Now it's securer than the god damn Alamo.
Sheriff Emmett Kimsey:
Bad example there Jimmy.
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Soundtrack:
Don't Let The Doorknob Hit Ya more
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can't this director get a life, let alone a job? God! He's so bad! I feel bad for the screenwriter, John Logan (Gladiator, Any Given Sunday) who seemed to have a frightening idea in his head and, low and behold, Louis Morneau, acclaimed director of Carnosaur 2 and Soldier Boyz (which sounds like a band), says, "me first!". I can see this loser smiling as he directs this movie, thinking, "ah what sheer brilliance!" (if he's capable of that big a word) as he watches the most suspenseful scene of the movie, the credits. And then for his way to handle the actors. Spare me the horror. Dina Meyer needs a job, a friend, or a psychologist because she's pathetic. Lou Diamond Phillips better go start playing drug thieves again in a Steven Seagal movie if he wants to stay alive. Oh and how about the police rookie who looks like John Rocker? Hmm, he was fantastic! NOT! Kudos to the special effects for their mastery of cardboard and 8 feet wide pixels that try and compose bats, which more look like globs of mud. And the sound effects. Haven't heard that much shrieking from flying creatures since Cher came out with a new album. And the editors. Some guy wrote way up above me that the editing was good. Let's analyze the editorial brilliance. In the second scene, Meyer and Leon, some creepy dude, are examining harmless bats. A helicopter sneakily comes up on them and makes them jump (DEN DUN!) which adds to the sheer horror of the scene. You see them argue and moan before they get into the helicopter, and in the next scene they're leaving in a plane. What is this? The helicopter have Firestone tires or something? The cinematography is more erratic than Kaminski's brilliant "Saving Private Ryan", or something through the eyes of Ray Charles. Oh one more thing before I leave. Some extra gets killed when he's riding a bike, humming to himself. Does he notice the swarms of cardboard mudglobs flying above him, hitting everyone, and hear the splatter of their corn syrup blood against the windows. No! Because LOUIS MORNEAU IS TOO DUMB TO NOTICE! AIIIIIIHHH!