Such a frustrating disappointment

hyped garbage

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Altered Species (2001) * (out of 4) A professor is trying to cure cancer and of course doing experiments on rats who eventually escape and go on a killing spree. This is yet another film that deals with an animal going crazy and killing people but this one here is pretty bad from start to finish. The acting, directing and screenplay are all beyond horrid but thankfully the film gets so bad that you can't help but laugh. The director tries throwing all sorts of gore at the viewer but the killings are so bad that you can't help but laugh. We also get some nudity but not enough to keep the film moving. Go rent The Killer Shrews instead.

I enjoy quality crapness, and this ranks up there with some of the finest. the cg is out of this world, or at least pre-dates our world, and the insanity of a 6 foot bloke in a rat outfit chasing after people is laughably bad. I quite enjoyed some of this, but the acting is so goddamn awful, and even the obligatory nude scene doesn't really have any baps out in it. just a complete waste of time if ever i saw one. I don't know who wasted more time, me watching this, or the poor saps who got dragged into making it in the faint hope that this will launch their acting careers. I can assure you, it wont. However, on a brighter note, I have managed to successfully do the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon from this movie, so I think it was almost worthwhile watching the 91 minutes of it.

OK it's a low frills movie that makes me want to try my hand at making low budget flicks. But it was not all bad! The rats were cool and it reminds me of a fifties movie.A couple actors were pretty good...walter,Alicia and well that's about it. i liked the leads of this movie though the dialogue could of been much better.the ending was shot pretty well though technically the movie could of been better.i love the genre and it's on cine-max if you want to see it.the professor looked familiar.walter is on commercials and in other movies.artisan produced this filmwillard is a crappy film also.

Despite the unorthodox script, storyline, and acting, the only real actor in the movie is Gary, played by Richard Peterson. He displays the only humor that is pretty funny. I honestly believe that if the actors were given a better script, the acting would have been much, much more believable. Allen Lee Haff wasn't bad either. He and Richard have the potential to do much deeper roles. I wouldn't be surprised if Richard becomes a big Hollywood star in the near future. I think Allen could do some Vince Vaughn- type of roles. Richard has a James Dean like aura about him when he walks across the screen. I really think that in lieu of the Director's choice of screenplays, Richard Peterson has huge big screen potential. I know that he will be in bigger roles sometime soon.