The Rats (TV 2002) 4.9
A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city. Director:John LafiaWriter:Frank Deasy |
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The Rats (TV 2002) 4.9
A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city. Director:John LafiaWriter:Frank Deasy |
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| Mädchen Amick | ... | ||
| Vincent Spano | ... |
Jack Carver
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| Shawn Michael Howard | ... |
Ty
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| Daveigh Chase | ... |
Amy Costello
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| David Fonteno | ... |
Ray Jarrett
(as David Wolos-Fonteno)
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| Sheila McCarthy | ... |
Miss Paige
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Elisa Moolecherry | ... |
Nyla
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| Joe Pingue | ... |
Karl
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| Kathryn Winslow | ... |
Queen
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Aron Tager | ... |
Janitor
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Yanna McIntosh | ... |
Doctor
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Jennifer Coristine | ... |
Nurse
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| Kim Poirier | ... | ||
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Balázs Koós | ... |
Tech Guy
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| Jackie Laidlaw | ... |
Bitchy Woman
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In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of the Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and give all the necessary support to the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. The efficient Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested in covering the problem to protect economical interests of powerful groups. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Where I live, this film is available under the title "The Rats" and is very obviously a TV movie - no listing of production companies during the opening credits as well as fade-outs every fifteen minutes or so. Nonetheless, this is a very efficient nature-run-amok horror film, with much stronger gore than I was expecting. Madchen Amick plays Susan Costello, a department store manager who comes to discover that rats are all over the place. She calls in a discreet exterminator (Vincent Spano) to take care of the problem, only to learn that the rats are practically taking over the town, and have voracious appetites to boot. The TV production values prevent anything truly disturbing from happening, but the filmmakers seem to know what they're doing and have some fun with the premise. All in all, a good rent - unless it hits your TV screens first.