Very well executed

the audience applauded

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As Good As It Gets

Middletown, a small Salem-like location in the sleety cold shadow of winter is excellently conveyed – full of tiny, welcoming local shops and diners and a community tainted by an increasing onslaught of vengeful ravens. Essentially, the story is just a series of set-pieces for the well-staged killings to occur, and is no less enjoyable for that. The ravens have fed on the carcasses of cows that have died from mad cow disease (a fact covered up by local Amish farmers in a bid, they hope, to continue their farming) – the results are similar to those in Hitchcock's 'The Birds (1960)'. CGI provides much of the avian group action, spliced unobtrusively with real birds for close-ups of the growing clusters. The effects never lapse into the cartoon-like spectacle some CGI is guilty of, although the attacks in greater numbers is less successfully visualised than the less ambitious charges.The residents and their lives are intelligently scripted (very rarely lapsing into the illogical behaviour often employed by characters to further the tension) and very well played throughout. Sheldon Wilson's direction keeps things interesting – visually, many scenes are strikingly framed by the black-feathered birds as they gather. Only the weather hampers the production – clearly, this is filmed during fluctuating snow storms; as such, show and frost is more prevalent in some scenes than others, sometimes in a very short time-frame.As the death-toll mounts, there is a convincing sense of growing loss of control over the epidemic, and all deaths are accompanied by the flapping of black, oily wings. Well established characters die, providing an emotional jolt. Perhaps the idea of incensed ravens hurling rocks through the windows of a bus load of people is a step too far, although in fairness, the idea sounds more ridiculous than it actually appears.I always try to enter into these wonderful horror films with little or no preconceptions. This occasionally leads to watching a series of clunkers, but some unknown gems too. 'Kaw' doesn't attempt to change the face of horror, but it ticks all the right boxes and provides a highly cohesive and enjoyable whole.

The film is relatively well made. I never doubted the existence of these ravens, nor their animosity towards humans. It was well shot and had some decent actors too. The problem is that it played it too straight. It never really found the humour. This would be OK if it managed to get the tension or scares right, but it just fizzles flat. This is a real pity, as you may as well watch The Birds, a truly terrifying film that also shows why you shouldn't explain everything. Kaw even takes one of the actors from that film, when it should have just had more fun. Not embarrassing, but not incredibly entertaining either. The best thing about it is the title, which I can't help but say in an annoying bird sound kind of way.

First off let me say, Kaw isn't for everyone. Some might get sick waiting for the action to really start up and once you've watched an hour of the flick the birds can no longer hold your interest that well. But the main thing that separates this flick from the other Sci Fi original movies is the creepy atmosphere and superb acting.As always, the creature effects aren't to grand and the writing is quite dry, but B-Movie lovers will see Kaw as a gem. I'd say it's renting material. But definitely not worth 13 bucks.All in all the film definitely shouldn't be rented in hopes of watching a good remake of Hitchcock's "The Birds". But when there's nothing else to do on Saturday afternoon, Kaw is a great movie. 5/10

I for one love killer animal's movies, so I could not wait to see Kaw, While it sure sounded a lot like Hitchcock's The Birds it's far from a rip-off of.it is actually a really good movie and other great thing is that they've actually used real birds most of the time to limit the use of CGI , which makes movie much better! and ravens are scary enough to keep you away from them for a few days.The story Police Chief Wayne Hayborne, is on his very last day of work and wants to get away from the town with his wife after he has finished work for the day and he Need put it on hold as call comes in about old farmer as been found dead, Meanwhile a bus driver Clyde MacKenzie has a run in with a flock of murderous ravens and fight back with a gun!.There was a decent amount of gore in the film with several scenes of ravens plucking the brains from their victims and bus driver dog was really scared , if you like dogs like I do, believe ME you Will hate ravens what they did to that poor dog very sad scene.Most of the actors in Kaw are Very likable and the acting for small budget horror was excellent. It not great movie But it still really good.I give this movie 7/10