The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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.

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

I'm a fan of Billy Zane, in fact I'd go as far as to say I'm a big fan of his so it always pains me to see him in movies like this. The man has the acting chops and natural comedic timing so should be gracing our screens in high budget efforts not things like this.Telling the story of a famous television survivalist and his film crew visiting a Phillipino island full of nasty creatures that funnily enough ruin their shoot.The movie has little in the way of originality but does certainly have its moments. It's weakness besides the fact we've seen it all before is a dreadful ending which damages the entire film. Not sure if they did that ending because they expected to make a sequel, but that was very naive if the case.Surviving Evil is a watchable piece with a decent enough cast and surprisingly decent sfx considering its budget but just pretend the film ends five minutes before the end.The Good: Billy Zane Looks the part The Bad: Beyond dumb ending Things I Learnt From This Movie: The creators had no clue of the weight of gold The sanscript name for Jungle is Jungala

Set on the remote Mayaman Island in the Philippines, comes the story of six documentary filmmakers, who plan to spend six days shooting a survival special until they find out the island they perceived as uninhabited, reveals to have a Philippine folklore creature, the Aswang, lusting for their blood. The plot itself is intriguing. 6 people, a deserted island, and a mythical legend about a superior creature that looms over them. You can't go wrong with that, but somehow "Surviving Evil" didn't fully pull out all the stops when they had the chance.I thought the cast was finely assembled. The performances of the actors were, for the most part, solid. Besides the atmosphere which was well established and the aerial shots of the island being beautiful, the acting came in as an added bonus. The characters all had their own conflicts affecting their lives, but the film makes a mistake spending over 40 minutes to flesh out these characters in their setting, leaving the creature to roar in hunger in the background. It just took way too long for the suspense to build up and nearing the end of the film, it felt like it was rushed to squeeze in a few things. And don't even get me started on that "to be continued" TV show episode ending. I surely hope they intend to make a sequel, because the ending is lousy.All in all, "Surviving Evil" is decent horror worth a watch. You'll probably be exhausted with it for at least 30-40 minutes due to the lengthy character build-up taking away too much from the action to even begin, but when they deliver the last 90 minutes, it's pretty action packed. The directing and script may not be perfect; however, it's more than tolerable. Give the movie a shot. Sit back, relax and enjoy it.

I grew up with the stories of the "Aswang", which is a mythical creature in Philippine folklore. (The Aswang is an inherently evil vampire-like creature and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, the details of which vary greatly.) Knowing this, I was expecting a great deal from the movie.The opening scene was fairly decent and stoked me up for what should be coming next. Unfortunately, I was sadly disappointed with too much unnecessary dialogue that made the movie a bit of a drag to watch after the first part.To make a brief enumeration, the story had a lot of potential. I believe they could have made this into a really good horror movie since the concept of the folklore has its own charm.All the actors had to be given credit for doing a superb job on such an obviously meager script. If they did one thing right, it's picking out the cast in this film.Now, the background music/sound effects reminded me of Vincent Price for some reason. Which I found a bit funny since the cinematography is like watching something from the 70's. I'm thinking, it's either something deliberate for effect or just a result of having a low budget.Things pick up, though, near the end. Unfortunately, even then, there wasn't much focus on the Aswangs and their shape-shifting prowess. This could have been precious fodder for making a great horror story and messing with viewer's minds. Overall, it's not THAT bad, but it's not something I would watch again.

Surviving Evil is set on Mayaman Island in the Philippines where a crew of TV documentary makers land, there to make an episode of Surviving the Wild with Sebastian 'Seb' Beazley (Billy Zane) as the adventurer host. Local guide Joey (Joel Torre) speaks of the legendary Aswang creatures of myth supposedly born out of the horrors of the Spanish invasion centuries ago but surely mythological Vampire like shape-changing creatures can't exist in reality? Well yes, they do & they particularly like the taste of human flesh & are attracted to a pregnant woman's blood, as they would be. As the Aswang attack can the crew use their survivalist knowledge to beat the creatures & make it off the island alive?This British South African co-production was written & directed by Terence Daw & one has to say that while Surviving Evil had potential for a nice fun creature film it really isn't very good & to be honest apart from slightly better production values & a bit more blood Surviving Evil is no better than those awful Sc-Fi Channel creature feature films that they make. I liked the idea about the makers of a nature survivalist TV programme getting stuck on an island full of monsters but apart from an excuse to strand several people there the survivalist aspect never comes into play & no-one ever uses any survival skills like building traps or trying to camouflage or tyring to find some secure shelter. No, once the monsters show up there's nothing any more clever or inspired here than 'let's all run & scream'. The opening sequence features a tribe being slaughtered bu something nasty which sets the film up nicely but it takes ages for the action to kick in after that, our TV crew arrive & then spends over an hour just talking & while I don't mind some build-up & scene setting it came to the point where I got really bored with it. At less than 90 minutes long Surviving Evil felt longer as there's only twenty odd minutes of monster action in it, that character's are better than expected with Billy Zane's host Seb coming off as quite likable but he bails well before the end leaving us with two annoying women who scream a lot. The script is also very vague & doesn't make much sense, the guide speaks of these creatures being supernatural somehow & can change shape but during the film they can be killed with spears & behave within the realms of reality apart from when they shape-shift, there's no reason as to why they wait so long to attack the crew or why they waited so long to kill the original tribe & there's a strange climax in which a phone is heard ringing next to a woman who fell down a hole but it was said earlier that there was no signal on the island & so what anyway? I mean is a phone ringing meant to be a twist? It just seemed a very odd way to end the film in the sense to have a phone ring, we don't really know whose phone it was (it could have belonged to any of the crew) or who was calling it & till that point the phone had no significance in the film whatsoever so why that final shot?Besides a muddled story that can't decide if it wants to be a straight creature feature or a supernatural horror film Surviving Evil has some really bad editing going on. The last twenty minutes are full of attacks but the camera jerks around & the sequences are edited so fast it's almost impossible to tell whats going on or see anything, I have never understood this style of film-making with fast editing & shaky camera movements as it just frustrates & I hate it. There are a few decent gore scenes here, there's some mutilated bodies & limbs, a freaky dead skinned baby mutant thing & plenty of blood splatter. Not scary or exciting or fun Surviving Evil takes itself very seriously but feels unfinished somehow. The special effects are pretty good here, although we never see them for more than a quick flash at any one time the creatures look pretty good & the gore effects are all on-set effects rather than CGI. The scenery & locations are nice enough but apart from the creatures the character's never run into any trouble & the terrain is left underused.Although set in the Philippines this was actually shot in South Africa. The acting is better than expected & although Billy Zane is slumming it he's quite likable here.Surviving Evil is a pretty poor creature feature that drifts between styles & inspirations, it's very slow going & the horrible fast editing makes the monster scenes once they begin a real chore to watch. It's just not much fun in any regard. No better than your average crap Sci-Fi Channel creature feature, it just looks a bit better & has a bit more blood in it.