Rats (2003)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Jace Anderson (writer)
Adam Gierasch (writer)

Release Date:

15 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Born Hungry.

Plot:

"The Brookdale Institute" is a mysterious, little-known hospital for the criminally insane (a fact which is kept on a need-to know basis)...

Plot Keywords:

Experiment | Hospital | Psychiatrist | Reporter | Asylum

Cast

Sara Downing	...	Samantha / Jennifer
Amy Parks	...	Maureen
Bailey Chase	...	Johnny Falls
Michael Zelniker	...	Ernst
Sean Cullen	...	Lenny
Michael Hagerty	...	Michael
Tarri Markell	...	Naomi (as Tarri Markel)
Ron Perlman	...	Dr. William Winslow
Patrick Dreikauss	...	Morgan
Eileen Grubba	...	Rose
Desislava Tenekedjieva	...	Cypress
John Paul Young	...	Hans: The Exterminator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Brunewasser	...	Policeman
Denise Dowse	...	Matilda
Adam Gierasch	...	Jim
Marco Greco	...	Kevin
Plamen Manassiev	...	Annoyed Patient
Carla Rahal	...	Bored Nurse
Atanas Srebrev	...	Reporter 1
Marianne Stanicheva	...	Roberta
Plamen Tananeev	...	Burly Security Guard
Annie Nigh Ward	...	TV Reporter
Ajani Williams	...	Scared Patient

Also Known As:

Killer Rats (Canada: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | Germany:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Martien Holdings A.V.V.

There's a big phony rat in me kitchen...what am I gonna do?

Another new-age creature feature flick with awful...better make that...REALLY awful computer-engineered effects, lousy acting performances and an ultra-thin storyline. Hungry and overly aggressive rats are once again revolting against the bastard doctor who performed scientific experiments on them and all this is taking place at Brookdale; institute for juvenile delinquents, drug addicts and suicidal teenagers. The funky red-eyed rodents are commanded by a ridiculously fake mega-rat and, for some reason, the institute's nerdy janitor can communicate with them. There aren't many aspects in the script that make much sense, like we're supposed to believe that two teenagers are capable to go undercover in the US' most heavily secured rehab facility. The film is also remarkably boring despite endless cargoes of silly-looking rats and irritating teenagers getting eaten. Of all the crappy, exaggeratedly computerized angry-animals movies that came out since the new millennium (and the list is really endless) "Rats" surely is one of THE crappiest. Director Tibor Takács scored a few hits in the late 1980's, like "The Gate" and a personal favorite of mine called "I, Madman" but he should consider a slight career change now. This was just irredeemably bad.