
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.... (Full plot summary below)
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During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.
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| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...not as terrible as one might've surmised... |
| User ReviewTrayton AOne of my very favourite SyFy channel movies! This monster ROCKS! The CGI it's done with may not be, what you call, good, but I can't help but love this creature! The movie has a fairly simple story idea of soldiers going into a town in Iraq where a beast has been unleashed and SoooOOooOOoo! Let the fun begin! The movie does rip-off some scenes directly from Aliens, especially towards the middle... but hey, SyFy original movies are rarely original, right? The acting for once is decent, with a some actors better than others, all in all, I was surprised! ... however, though a few characters are likeable, most are hollow and have zero development, which leaves you not caring what happens to alot of them, too bad really... I still liked Robert Beltran as the lead, Faran Tahir always makes a good villain, Jeff Fahey is always good, but my favourite would be Heather Donahue, her character isn't a great one of any kind, but I like her and in the end she was my favourite. The monster action is fairly simple, with quite a few shoot-outs... again the creature mostly and some running around, but it's quite fun in the end and gets better as it moves towards the (in my opinion) quite exciting climax! So all moving at good pace, with some violence here and there, fun action, good set-pieces and locations and above average perfomances for the most part, this is really the kind of movie I love watching... soliders going up against a single, fearsome and dangerous beast! I'm probably the ONLY person to like this movie so much, but I really think it's a fun SyFy channel movie! |
| User ReviewKhurram AThis movie was good but the special effects were horrible... |
| User ReviewJames HThis film is so cliche'd and predictable, not very well acted. However, Robert Beltran isn't bad. Lame special effects, a silly plot and it's not very exciting. |
| User ReviewKaren HNot the worst SciFi film I had the displeasure of watching, but the plot is underwhelming and the CGI "Manticore" is also badly rendered. You should pass on this one. |
| User ReviewKeith MGot to love those B movie. You got actors from Star Terk Voyager and CSI New York and Lost, that is enough reason to watch this movie. |
| User ReviewBrad AProbably the best Sci-Fi Channel movie I've seen. The story is kind of a cool idea. I wish they'd had the money to do some better CG. |
| User ReviewAlyson RBAHAHAHAHA the sci fi channel produces yet ANOTHER classic. |
| User ReviewHugh FWell... mmm... it's bad really... I should stop myself before watching these. The beast looked like the barrier guardians from Ghostbusters 1, but that was a really good movie! and this one well, belongs in the trash. |