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20 out of 21 people found the following review useful:
S10 Reviews: Cerberus (2005), 14 November 2005
Author:
suspiria10 from The Void
S10 Rating: * * 'Cerberus' is a pretty typical SciFi Channel presentation. An interesting premise of the infamous mythical three-headed dog protecting a sword that render the possessor invincibility. The sword was used bu Attila the Hun so that explains his conquering of the little people of his time. As usually a nefarious scheme is hatched by an equally nefarious madman who then sends some mercenaries to grab the little party favor. Of course the lead merc enjoys his taste of power and commences to do his thing while the good guys and girl deal with the dog and now the greedy merc turned madman. Oh the joys of paint-by-numbers made-for-TV cinema. The acting was ho-hum and the direction is plain. The effects were bad as you'd expect but for whatever reason I found it still watchable.
11 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
A surprisingly good action / adventure / horror / fantasy film, 26 June 2006
Author:
boyinflares from New Zealand
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sebastian Spence and Brent Florenece star in this surprisingly good film which blends action, adventure, horror and fantasy competently. The premise is simple, Vaugier's Dr. Samantha Gaines is a leading historian and is forced into helping a villainous collector find the sword of Attila the Hun which would grant him even more power. Gaines is forced to help the villain as he has kidnapped her brother, Zach, played by Brent Florence. Gaines is helped by Jake Adams (the handsome Sebastian Spence) and his fellow adventurers, who also delve out most of the comic relief in the film. Naturally, the heroes - and the villains - eventually come across the legendary Cerebus, the three headed dog that guards Attila the Hun's tomb. From then on in, the heroes have to deal with stopping the villain and staying alive as Cerebus is hot on their tracks. The acting is decent from the leads, the scenery is okay, however the Cerebus CGI could have been better. All in all though, a fun 90 minute adventure.
6 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Watchable- there is a three headed dog., 15 October 2006
Author:
Skutter-2 from Perth, Australia
The kind of thing you would expect for a low budget straight to DVD (Or
Sci-fi channel) release. Basically the only reason anybody would watch
this movie is to see a big three headed dog chomping on people. It
doesn't deliver on that front as much one would hope, particularly in
the first half which involves some pretty dull action stuff as our
bland heroes and cookie cutter villains search for a magic sword (The
sword of Mars, which apparently belonged to Attila the Hun if you're
that interested). Things liven up a bit in the second half when the
dodgy CGI Cerberus shows up and one of the bad guys gets hold the
invulnerability granting sword.
The plot is pretty dumb as one would expect. The level of intelligence
you can expect from this movie is evident from the first scene which
involves a robbery of museum in eastern Europe by the bad guys
involving guys jumping through skylights with machine guns and
grappling to the ground. I somehow doubt the level of security in a
place like that is such that it would necessitate such an elaborate
armed robbery. I guess the makers just thought it would make a cool
action opening- It doesn't. As mentioned this is low budget stuff and
the makers don't quite have the flair to get past such limitations and
most the action sequences in the movie, particularly the gun battles in
the first half are of Walker: Texas Ranger quality. An ancient
breastplate which is stolen from the museum is supposed to be essential
in leading to the magic sword but later on in the film our heroes
manage to do so easily without it. In fact, given the importance placed
on the sword in terms of archaeological and mythological magic value
this presumably much sought after artifact is found very easily and
quickly. The other notably dumb plot aspect of this movie is the
subplot involving a North Korean general with some nukes. I have no
idea why this subplot was added, other than perhaps to try and increase
the stakes but it adds nothing to movie and really seems out of place.
You won't have to look very far to find lots of other bits of stupidity
in this film but hey it's got a big 3 headed killer dog.
The characters and the actors playing them are a boring lot. The script
seems like it was written by a twelve year old, complete with lame
comedic banter between our hapless heroes which is so feeble and
unfunny that nobody would even bother to laugh at the jokes at the end
of a Scooby-do episode. There is not a lot of personality to spare
between our leads. The male lead of course has a clichéd 'history' with
the lead baddie who he used to serve with in the military. The female
lead is the standard could pass for a supermodel
scientist/archaeologist who is perfectly groomed and made up, even
after hours of crawling around in dusty tunnels and who despite her
supposed intelligence acts pretty stupidly.
The cheesiness it delivered upon though. There are some fun scenes of
the oh so fake CGI doggy tearing people up and some of the stuff with
the sword wielding and now invulnerable baddie going on a rampage (All
a bit Highlander really)is fun. They even manage to include such
clichés as copulating teens getting killed by the beastie in one
completely unnecessary scene and, I swear to god, a scene with a mob of
European villagers with burning torches and at least one pitchfork.
There was potential for a better movie here with the somewhat
interesting mythology and the cool monster but this was a strictly
paint by numbers, heartless product.
Oh yeah, how the hell is Cerberus meant to return the sword back to
Attila's tomb after it has killed anyone who took it?
5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
I agree, 10 February 2007
Author:
agtwine from Australia
I found the dialogue, particularly Emmanuelle Vaugier's, very hard to
follow. The whole movie was pathetic. I forced myself to watch it all,
believing that it would improve.
All the actors in this movie are very experienced (based on their
filmographies), so you'd expect they would be able to make something
out of a very trite and superficial script.
The special(?) effects were hardly believable - When people lost limbs,
it reminded me of the Bridge scene between King Arthur and the Knight
from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
Not even the eye candy made up for it.
5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Not bad for a Sci-Fi original, 31 October 2005
Author:
Jack from Minnesota, USA
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This movie is about the search for the sword of Attila the Hun, which
will make it's possessor invincible. The bad guys consist of Greg
Evigan (definitely NOT reprising his role from BJ and the Bear), and
some North Korean general who left his country and is now trying to
sell nukes on the open market. Evigan does a credible job as a
semi-psycho ex-special forces soldier. The good guys are led by
Sebastian Spence (Cade Foster from First Wave). He's a very welcome
change from the usual Dean Cain or Lorenzo Lamas that the Sci-Fi
Channel gets to star in their movies. Spence is assisted by a female
scientist who's an expert in all things ancient, and a couple of other
special forces types who more or less provide comedy relief.
Overall, a pretty good movie. A bit too much comic relief from the
sidekicks, and the characters don't seem to take the situation all that
seriously. But, the acting is good, the locations are nice, and the CGI
isn't nearly as bad as a lot of Sci-Fi Channel stuff.
It kept me interested from beginning to end and didn't make me cringe
or laugh at any unintentional humor. I'd recommend it to B-movie
lovers.
6 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
The Sword and the Dog From Hell, 28 June 2007
Author:
Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In Bucharest, Romania, the priceless breastplate of Attila, the Hun is
robbed from the National Museum of Antiquities by a gang leaded by the
despicable Marcus Cutter (Greg Evidan), and the curator Radu (Gelu
Nitu) is killed by one of the thieves. Meanwhile, in New York City, the
former assistant of Professor Radu, Dr. Samantha Gaines (Emmanuelle
Vaugier), is waiting for the valuable piece for an exhibition. The
agent Jake Adams (Sebastian Spence) visits Samantha in the museum to
tell about the heist and the death of her friend, and she tells about
the legend that the breastplate would have the inscription of the
location of the Sword of Mars, which is guarded by Cerberus and made
Attila invincible. When Samantha's brother and addicted gambler Jack
(Brent Florence) is kidnapped, she believes his debt of US$ 2,000.00
could be the reason, and travels to Romania invited by the evil
kidnapper Kul Jae Sung (Garret T. Sato), getting involved in a
supernatural adventure with Jake.
"Cerberus" is a reasonable and entertaining adventure, unfortunately
"sold" to the viewers as a horror genre by the distributor. I bought
this DVD expecting to see a trash movie, and actually it is an action
movie with a supernatural dog and sword. The screenplay is flawed and
predictable, and also too serious while it should have jokes and humor
with the unbelievable situations, but this film is not so bad and does
not deserve the IMDb User Rating of 3.9. I only believe that it does
not reach the target audience with the scary monster and tagline
inducing to horror genre on cover of the DVD. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Cerberus - O Guardião do Inferno" ("Cerberus - The
Guardian of Hell")
6 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
Refreshing fun amusing cheesy sci fi movie, 24 December 2006
Author:
drystyx from United States
A lot of sci-fi movies have been made lately, some okay, some terrible, and overall better than the badly scripted ones of the prior three decades. This one had all the better elements of B movie sci fi. A lot of adventure, a cheesy but likable plot, cheesy but likable characters, action, character, atmosphere, and well written and played humor in the right spots. The plot is made to be so hokey that we know this is supposed to be an unbelievable situation, so you have to accept this unbelievable world much as you would a Tolkien world. The unbelievability is more in line with a Bond world, however. If you like Bond movies, you would probably relish this movie. The sword of a Hun leader (the most famous one of course), is stolen from the Roman God of war, Mars, and guarded by the Greek three headed dog, Cerebus, in a village straight out of the Bavarian-Romanian Dracula type movies. So clearly, the writers had a ball putting this together, and no one is expected to take it seriously. Just sit back and enjoy the fun. The lead characters are very extreme, much like James Bond characters, but though the roles are unbelievable, the motivations and actions of the characters ring true in their predicaments. Each of the minor characters is presented with a bit of witticism, mystique, and integrity. No one is a wimp in this movie. And the decisions of the characters are well timed in credibility, which makes this a superior B movie. There are some great humorous moments, such as the bit when the girl suggests using the method of Orpheus to combat the dog beast. And we all know what the other characters think when she suggests a lyre. One of the best scripted pieces done in science fiction. This is what some of the more celebrated and high budget movies wanted to be, but failed. Entertaining and likable.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Mixing Your Legends, 19 July 2009
Author:
bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York
If nothing else I have to hand it to the creators of Cerberus who
managed to mix the religions and legends of several cultures into one
wild modern day plot.
Cerberus of Greek mythology as we know is the guardian of the
Underworld or Hell as we call it. It seems as though back in the day or
back in another day, Attila the Hun made a deal with old Scratch for an
invincible sword which is said to be buried with him. But his resting
place is both lost to history and is guarded by Cerberus lest someone
else get Attila's invincible sword.
Well now a renegade North Korean general with a resemblance to Fu
Manchu is played by Garret Sato wants the sword. It's all he needs to
start on his road to world conquest. He hires an American mercenary in
Greg Evigan to help get the magic blade, but the Evigan starts getting
ideas of his own.
You need an archaeologist with a working knowledge of the Balkan
legends to help find Attila's grave so that's where Dr. Emmanuelle
Vaugier comes in. They kidnap her brother on the pretext of a gambling
debt so she comes along. And Evigan has some US Army Special Ops folks
looking for him headed by Sebastian Spence. They all meet up with that
nasty three headed Cerberus in, where else, Transylvania.
It's imaginative, but in the end Cerberus is still utter claptrap. They
should have left the poor beast alone with the Hercules series.
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
But is it's bark, bark, bark worse than it's bite, bite, bite?, 5 September 2009
Author:
tyler-and-jack from Edinburgh.
Bless my good lady because I cannot believe she sat through this
ridiculous movie, laughing in all of the same inappropriate places I
laughed and managing to enjoy a film that does not require the viewer
to switch their brain on for one second.
The story is laughable drivel all about a stolen artifact that once
belonged to Attila The Hun and that sees the awakening of Cerberus, the
three-headed canine monster. Some good folk are after the stuff to make
the dog lie down and be a good boy once again while some bad guys want
to abuse the power trip they can get.
Nobody involved here looks set to topple any of our star actors from
their perch but they go along with the events and act against some
sloppy CGI with the ability to at least deliver the odd minor chuckle
(intended) from a script that hardly sparkles.
It's dumb, it's fun, it's probably not even worth having this many
words written about it but it passed the time and my other half did not
lapse into a coma while it was on so I can only pass along that dubious
recommendation although it's a movie only to watch if there really is
nothing else on at all ever ever.
See this if you like: Pterodactyl, Mosquito, Insecticidal.
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Not that bad Sci-Fi Channel film, 17 October 2006
Author:
slayrrr666 (slayrrr666@yahoo.com) from Los Angeles, Ca
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
"Cerberus" is a rather routine Sci-Fi Channel original creature
feature.
**SPOILERS**
As Dr. Samantha Gaines, (Emmanuelle Vaugier) begins preparing a special
exhibit for Attila the Hun, her brother Zach, (Brent Florence) runs
afoul of gang leader Kul Jae Subg, (Garret T. Sato) who has become
obsessed with finding the fabled sword in possession of Attila. Teaming
up with Jake Addams, (Sebastian Spence) a mercenary, to track down the
sword. When both teams arrive to take the sword, the three-headed dog
Cerberus is unleashed and begins to hunt down everything in it's path.
Using her historical knowledge, Samantha and Jake struggle to save the
local village from the monster's rampage.
The Good News: As bad as it seemed, there's still some great moments in
here. First of all, the concept for the creature this time is pretty
neat. Having a mythical creature from Greece , Cerberus, strikes as a
very fearsome opponent. With three vicious, growling dog heads and an
expanding snake for a tail combine into a very memorable creation, even
if it doesn't strike the necessary fear buttons. The use of mythology
used here is actually pleasant, allowing for some intelligence rather
than the traditional toxic chemicals or experiments that create the
majority of creature features. There's an extremely huge body count
here, allowing for tons of deaths. Several are eviscerated, one has
both legs bitten off, several limbs are bitten off, a head is bitten
off in the best shock in the film, and there's also an assortment of
gunshots and sword wounds as well. There's plenty of deaths involved.
There's also the odd impressive sequence, such as the three heads
slowly appearing behind a group of unsuspecting victims through a
roaring fire or the initial appearance of the creature that are pretty
decent, and the final half hour of the film is non-stop action. It's
not all that bad of a film.
The Bad News: As per usual with these types of films, the CGI effects
completely ruin the credibility of the monster. It looks horribly cheap
and never for once gives the impression that the creature is actually
on-screen during it's scenes. It's a common problem for the Sci-Fi
Channel's films, so this really shouldn't be a problem for it's fans,
but it's disheartening to see them have so many films and yet not fixed
this glaring problem. The amount of disregard for logic in here is
staggering at times. The most obvious is the entire plot-line, which
combines one of the most famous Asian conquerors in history with the
Christian concept of Satan and a three-headed dog from Greek mythology
is one of the most illogical and mind-numbing exercises around. It
doesn't make sense that to cross that many different cultures and pull
them off is pretty hard to swallow. Also hard is a scene where a
Romanian peasant was able to recognize the significance of a satanic
sword once owned by an Asian warlord that's now guarded by a monster
from Greek mythology. This is just so hard to believe that it can't be
passed up. The fact that the title monster has so little screen-time
and actual kills among the huge body count is another big crime against
it. He really needed to be around more to give more of a threat to the
characters. This was a really disappointing effort.
The Final Verdict: A rather typical Sci-Fi Channel original, this one
at least uses a historical backdrop for the creature rather than some
bio-engineered creation or over-grown insect. It's decent fun at the
very least, but they've done a lot better and a lot worse, so take it
from where you stand with their films.
Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language
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