Pretty Good

Excellent, a Must See

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

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.

This is a surprisingly entertaining animal attack thriller! I mean, for a film with such a bad rap...it's really not that terrible.Basically, a bunch of med students are LARP'ing in a tower on campus.However, unbeknownst to them, an angry baboon (driven mad by medical experiments) is on the loose, and out to kill.Shakma (the baboon) hunts down the college students, and takes them out one by one...going completely insane in the process.And I mean, this baboon goes nuts. It seriously made me wonder what the hell they did to the poor thing to get it so damn angry. Cause it is straight f*cking terrifying in this film! Simplicity aside, this film is effectively scary...albeit a little frustrating.Because...why they don't just go to the ground floor and exit through the front door, is beyond me? Or smash a window, if worse comes to worse...you know? Cause really, what could be worse than getting your throat torn out by a psychotic baboon?! With that being said, however, if you can suspend disbelief for an hour and a half...I'm quite certain you will thoroughly enjoy being genuinely terrorized by this baboon.I will never ever f*ck with a baboon after watching this film.And you shouldn't either.6 out of 10.

Truly awful. A bunch of medical researchers secure the use of a large building for a long night of LARPing. Unfortunately, the baboon they were experimenting on earlier has gone totally nuts and escapes. Named Shakma, the baboon weeds out the LARPers one by one. When I first heard about this movie (earlier the same day I watched it), I said to myself, "Killer baboon? I'm in!" Obviously, I didn't expect it to be good, but I thought it might be worth a laugh. It isn't. It's totally freakin' boring. The film is in desperate need of an editor, first of all. It just drags and drags. But, really, the biggest problem is the baboon is not really that threatening. I'm sure he could hurt you, but I'm pretty sure I could take him. Starring Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers and Roddy MacDowell.

A wild baboon attacks medical students who are playing a game, trapped in a large tower.Why did this movie attract my attention? The great cast. We have Roddy McDowell with a bow tie, Playgirl model Christopher Atkins ("Blue Lagoon") and Amanda Wyss ("A Nightmare on Elm Street"). A solid cast right there, despite this being a film that few people have probably ever heard of. Granted, these were 1980s stars on their way down at that point, but still decent.Ari Meyers, who may be less well-known, is also present, dressed as though she was prepared to audition for a role on "Full House". The breakout character was actually Bradley, the homosexual nerd, played by unknown actor Tre Laughlin, who apparently never acted in anything else.The problem with this film is that it runs a bit too long, especially towards the last act, and that earns it a five. A six would have happened if it was trimmed down -- the monkey is not on screen too much or too little and we spent a fair amount of time watching these people play a game. Important in some ways, but the game has little to do with them getting attacked -- they could have been doing anything. (Although it is interesting to see how little is revealed to the audience -- if you figure out the rules of the game just by watching, well done).This also is the sort of movie where the audience might point out the dozen or so bad decisions made by each character. Despite a lack of phone or fire alarms, surely they must have some way to get in and out of the building... but it never seems to occur to anyone, with their best thought being to throw silverware out a vent to see if someone notices. (And if they do notice, why will it make them call the police?)Not bad as a hidden gem, but not something to go out of your way for, either. Could make a nice double feature set with "Link".

Shakma rules! Okay, you might be wondering why on earth I would give this movie a 10. Years ago my best friend and I watched this ever so classic movie Shakma. It was the Channel 7 Late Late movie in New York one Friday night. Oh my goodness, we never laughed so hard in our lives. 1. First of all the movie is about a serial killer baboon; let me repeat that, A Serial Killer Baboon, Classic!2. The overacting in death scenes, Classic!3. The fact that Shakma ran faster than a cougar, Classic!4. The obvious fake blood, Classic!5. When one of the actresses hides in the bathroom and Shakma gets her as she's climbing out of the window, Doubly Classic!Yes, yes I know it's supposed to be a horror flick but it turned out to be straight comedy. My best friend and I still talk about Shakma to this day. It's a must see.