Black Sheep (Unrated)
by Jonathan King
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Actor: Danielle Mason, Glenis Levestam, Nathan Meister, Peter Feeney, Tammy DavisDirector: Jonathan King
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Weinstein Company
DVD Reviews of Black Sheep (Unrated)
DVD Review: Lamb chops anyone
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best horror comedy I've seen for awhile, I had expected a cheesy B movie with the usual bad acting and crappy FX. To my surprise I found myself laughing out loud at the main character and his side kicks. I liked the fact that we didn't have to wade through 30 or 40 minutes getting to know the characters, this to me is a big waste of gore time. We learn just enough to give us a starting point and then the movie takes off, Gore, Funny, Blood, Chase, More Funny, Chase, more blood, more gore, funny, funny and then The final solution was a blast and I didn't even see it coming, that's a rarity in these kinds of movies.
I'm so grateful they cut away on the man and his sheep scene; I really didn't need to see that, the next scene when the brother walked in said it all and gave me a good chuckle.
For those of us that like the gore mixed with humor, this one covers all the bases, and I love a movie where the bad guys and girls get their come unpins.
I'm surprised this film hasn't been better promoted, it's a gem and I see it being a top seller once the word gets out.
This one is worth buying and adding to your collections.
DVD Review: Better than some other sheep videos I've seen on the internet
Summary: 2 Stars
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Brains please, blood please,
I'll kill you, fool.
One bite for the hippie,
Because he's kind of weak,
And one for that one guy
who becomes Frankensheep.
A stupid hippie breaks onto a private farm and happens upon baby, mutant sheep in glass jars. He steals one, breaks it, and subsequently gets bitten by the sheep zombie thing. In a matter of no time the sheep zombie epidemic is spreading throughout the farm, turning people into sheople and ruining the serene life of a Kiwi farm.
It's up to the farmer's sissy son, who has the most ridiculous phobia in history (you'll neeeever guess what it is), and a Maori farmhand to stop the onslaught of the ravenous sheep, and the evil scheme that created the initial Dr. Moreau imitation.
The horror/comedy angle doesn't work very well; in fact, I'd say it's fairly baaaaad. The acting is average at best. The plotline is ridiculous. What does work, however, is the ample amount of gore, and fairly decent human fusion with animal-life (think Goldblum in The Fly). One other major positive is the extensive use of wide angle shots that showcase the vividly green, gorgeous New Zealand pastoral scenery.
The best part of this movie is the delicious irony of a hippie - who probably smells like a sheep - turning into a matted, grungy sheep. Otherwise, it's yet another attempt to clumsily blend piggyback off of the horror-comedy resurgence fueled by Shaun of the Dead.
DVD Review: Almost brilliant
Summary: 4 Stars
With the budget graphics adorning the jacket - you know that humor is ingrained.
Preposterous and yet somehow appealing - an impulse buy at Walmart.
Genetically poisoned sheep - ready for mayhem.
My expectations were obviously low - but I was quickly hooked.
Inane as the plot may be it ties in well with the action.
Novice actors or direction work around a screenplay that needed a few more comic elements to be truly brilliant.
Perhaps it's a cultural thing - a bit of understatement.
However I can't help but think that a comedy consultant would have taken this rough gem over the top.
A more than satisfactory rendition of the absurd - you will be talking about it for weeks.
caslo
DVD Review: Brilliant!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm going to keep it simple.
This movie was absolutely brilliant, I don't care what anyone else says. It's about killer sheep....how much better can it get than that! Beautiful setting, great humor, extremely clever and genetically engineered monster sheep, it's genius I tell you!
DVD Review: freaking hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
my boyfriend got me this movie as a joke but the joke's on him, it's HILARIOUS. yeah the plot is a little campy but for the couple CGI moments included, they're surprisingly well done. defiantly a cult classic
Description of Black Sheep (Unrated)
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.A delirious mix of broad comedy and wall-to-wall splatter, the New Zealand feature Black Sheep makes a convincing case for sheep as the new modern horror icon. These sheep aren't the garden variety grass eaters, however; they're genetically altered sheep who develop a ravenous hunger for human flesh after an experimental fetus is accidentally unleashed on a sprawling ranch by a hapless environmentalist (Kiwi actor and broadcaster Oliver Driver). And to make matters worse, those bitten by the monster sheep transform into monstrous "were-sheep" (spectacularly absurd creations by the Weta Workshop). The resulting clash between man and sheep is soaked in gore, of course, but the violence is taken to such outlandish extremes that only the easily nauseated or terminally grumpy will find it offensive. Writer/director Jonathan King's debut feature juggles the gore and the gags (many of which gleefully tread the lowbrow path) with skill thanks to an energetic cast, especially Nathan Meister as the sheep-phobic hero and Danielle Mason as an animal rights crusader who discovers her inner carnivore. The unrated DVD includes commentary by King and Meister, a 30-minute making-of featurette which includes an interview with Richard Taylor of Weta on the film's elaborate creatures, a smattering of deleted scenes, blooper reel, and a half-minute visual joke titled "Early Morning" that was shot especially for the DVD release. -- Paul Gaita
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