Simply Perfect

Please don't spend money on this.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I have been a fan of monster movies/creature features all my life, and am frequently frustrated at the abysmal quality offered so frequently. In this case, I was NOT disappointed, and found the movie quite enjoyable. Loch Ness Terror (as it was titled on the DVD rental) is worth the watch. The actors aren't big names, and sometimes, that's not a bad thing. Brian Krause delivers an effective and convincing performance as a tough cryptozoologist on the trail of the aquatic monster, Niall Matter plays a very convincing small town guy, and the rest of the cast is equally realistic. Not one role was poorly done; all were most believable and convincing. The scenery throughout is breathtaking. The plot is well-ordered, and enjoyable. As a bonus, the characters aren't all the usual foolish clowns we so often see, that make you long for them to be victims. These seem instead like real people, mostly likable, and amazingly capable of coherent thought. Then there is the beast herself. Nessie is quite scary in appearance, and even if the effects aren't top of the line, they are convincing enough for a lower budget film. There is a little gore (though not excessive), as would be expected in a monster movie. If you enjoy creature features, you should like this one. If you want a movie with stupid characters, too much gory FX, poor humor, and overused plot elements, you might be disappointed. If you want an enjoyable monster movie, with an actual plot and realistic characters, get the popcorn and drink ready, and sit back and enjoy. Even my NOT-a-big-fan-of-monster-movies husband liked this one. All I have left to do now is look for more from these people. Well done!

Beyond Loch Ness could have been such a great B movie, I mean like cult classic good, if only it didn't take itself so seriously! The acting was terrible, the CGI was laughable and the script was so wrong - all the key ingredients for a brill B movie, but alas - it was trying to be some rehash of Jaws or Jurassic Park when it should have been aiming for Lake Placid. Not a single joke in the whole film, and the only laughs it arises are the unintentional ones. And another thing, why is it called Beyond Loch Ness when its set in America? Loch Ness had some a small amount of screen time that it didn't really make much sense naming the film after Nessie!I could give it a proper review but I've already wasted 1.30hours watching the damn thing! Craig

Beyond Loch Ness starts at Loch Ness, Scotland in 1976 where a scientific expedition are attacked & killed by the legendary Loch Ness monster, the only survivor is James Murphy (James Laird) the twelve year old son of one of the scientists who manages to hide. Jump to Lake Superior in the small American town of Ashburn during the Present Day where a now adult James Murphy (Brian Krause) a cryptozoologist turns up after a local man reports seeing a monster on the lake, James hires local fish bait shop owner Josh Reiley (Niall Matter) to take him out to explore the lake where he finds several huge subterranean caves. James quickly realises the Loch Ness monster has ended up in Lake Superior & has started eating the locals, out for revenge & to prevent more death James teams up with local Sheriff Karen Reiley (Carrie Genzel) to take the beast down once & for all & save the town!Also more commonly known under the title Loch Ness Terror which is what I saw it under this Canadian production was co-written & directed by Paul Ziller & I was pleasantly surprised by just how good this was, sure it's no masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but it's decent enough & far better than the usual abysmal Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' originals that they love so much. The film has a good pace to it, it moves along briskly enough to keep one entertained although one has to say that it does start to get a little dull towards the end as overall there's really not much to it. Basically some guy & the clichéd local small town Sheriff hunt down some monster & that's really all there is too it, while watching Beyond Loch Ness it felt like a cheap rip-off of the marvellous Lake Placid (1999) & in that regard it comes across alright. Unfortunately the entertaining black humour of Lake Placid is absent & overall this takes itself a bit too seriously but as far as 'Craeture Features' go this impressed me & believe me I've seen loads of the things over the years.One notorious aspect of these Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Features' are the awful CGI computer effects that look like they were done on a home PC, examples include Ogre (2008) & 100 Million BC (2008) which has truly some of the worst CGI monsters ever to grace the screen so I was very surprised to see the CGI in Beyond Loch Ness was as good as it was. Sure it can't compete with the likes of Jurassic Park (1993), Starship Troopers (1997) or King Kong (2005) but the effects actually hold up pretty well, the creature design is good, the animation is fine although the makers tend to just show shots of the creatures long neck & head rather than it's entire body & the CGI is also relatively detailed & textured. Again much, much better than the usual embarrassment the Sci-Fi Channel serve up. There's some reasonable gore too, from severed limbs to bitten off heads to decent amounts of blood splatter this is a lot redder than most Sci-Fi Channel offerings.Filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia in Canada although set in the US & Scotland. The Scottish accents are not the most convincing but overall the acting is fine, most of the cast are TV stars appearing in stuff like Stargate, Battlestar Galactica & Charmed.Beyond Loch Ness is much better than the usual Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' & taken on it's own it's alright if a little underdeveloped & runs out of steam at around the hour mark. Much, much better than I expected.

This film is not good. I've seen worse. Fair is fair. But I certainly have seen better. The acting is quite wooden (although not utterly so) and the premises for the plot are, at best, very silly.Nevertheless, the characters act reasonably intelligently in several scenes, which is a first for movies of this kind and there are several shots of beautiful natural scenery.As for the special effects and the CGI... No. Bloody awful. I don't expect anything along the lines of Jurassic Park but surely they could have done just a little better?There are some scene inconsistencies that lowers the effect too.Still, I give it a 3 for fairly bearable characters, nice scenery and the occasional spasm of decent acting.If you don't have to pay for it, have lots of popcorn and soda and nothing better to do, I guess it might actually be enjoyable as a pass-time.