What makes it different from others?

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This movie had quite a lot of problems that resulted in a pretty bad movie overall. It's starts with a rather weak premise ("what if the world suddenly ran out of gas?") and goes downhill from there. As for the premise itself, I hope that people don't actually think this is what would happen - it is pretty far out. Though it would undoubtedly make life a great deal more difficult, there's no reason to think it would be this extreme - and that's ignoring how extremely unlikely it would be for the whole world to run out of gas entirely over the course of a year.The next problem in this movie is logic - as in there is none. Characters behave very illogically all the way through, from the (not unknown before, but still annoying) way that Ford feels the need to look at the person who says his name (for seemingly no reason either) at the beginning, even though he was holding a killer at gun point, to the way they take in a complete stranger even though it's been established that people kill each other for resources ("but she doesn't look like a killer"), to the way the redhead takes down all the cannibals in the finale.Dialogue is also extremely lacking - it just doesn't flow right, it sounds stilted and fake. Characters are cliché in the worst way - and to top it off, the acting is pretty bad as well, making it a pretty much all-round bad movie and definitely not up to par with other alternative "after-apocalypse" movies.If you want to see something similar to this but much better done, go watch "The Day", a 2011 post-apocalyptic movie that also involves fighting for your life against strangers.

"Tooth and Nail" is a very entertaining and enjoyable film with a lot of good points.**SPOILERS**After the end of the world, survivors Dakota, (Nicole DuPort) Ford, (Rider Strong) Viper, (Michael Kelly) Torino, (Alexandra Barreto) Nova, (Emily Catherine Young) Max, (Kevin E. Scott) Yukon, (Zack Robidas) Victoria, (Beverly Hinds) and Professor Darwin, (Robert Carradine) manage to find fellow survivor Neon, (Rachel Miner) amongst the ruins of civilization and invite her to stay with their group. When her acceptance starts to wear on the others, she tries whatever she can to be accepted, even though all don't trust her. Starting to realize their numbers are shrinking, she reveals she has been followed by a group of cannibals called Rovers, and that they have been targeted by them. Trying to stay alive during the relentless attacks, out-numbered and with their numbers shrinking still, they try a last ditch effort to escape from the bloodthirsty group.The Good News: There was some good stuff to this one here. One of the best features is the incredibly well-done setting for the film. The hospital here is incredibly well-done, looking effectively abandoned but at the same time capable of holding the group. The fact that there's a lot of different areas in here for them to hide in, complete with the kitchen, surgical rooms and the general meeting quarters all being quite well-designed and built around generating some scares and tension when it gets to that point in the later half. Those are also really enjoyable, as the film manages to feature some incredible stalking scenes in here of the Rovers going after the survivors inside, with the huge cavernous locations providing some potentially-fun places where they're all trapped together. Those are the best entries in the film, as it gets really enjoyable during those parts where it's incredibly tense and thrilling waiting to see where it goes, both in the Rover's attacks and the survivor's means of defense or escape. That we get two huge, extended set-pieces in this tradition is what really works well, since both are quite fun and really worthwhile, from the sheer randomness of the first one that manages to work so many good stuff into it, including all the violence and gore plus the stalking, and is then amped up into an actual series of defenses in the second one that work just as well, and that they're the main part of the film with a lot of time devoted to it is where it really scores so much good stuff. There's not a whole lot of down-time during these scenes, and they remain quite fun. That also manages to provide the film with a lot of really enjoyable kills here, as there's some wicked stuff here. There's a lot of arrows being shot into body parts, a smattering of slit throats, a broken glass jar slicing up the face, gunshots, amputations, slicing across most of the body, knife stabbings and then a great acid meltdown, all of which are nice and brutal with plenty of bloodshed. The last plus is the appropriately creepy look of the group, which is quite nice and looks really creepy. These here are the film's good points.The Bad News: There really wasn't much wrong here, and this ended up having only one really big flaw. The big one here is that there's an incredibly long build-up to the good stuff here, almost so much as being difficult to really get into. Most of the beginning to this one is taken up with the introduction from the group and her acceptance into them, followed by several days worth of time showing them getting into a grove with how to go about their lives. This goes on pretty much for the first half-hour, and without generating even the slightest hint of suspense or that something will happen later, and it just makes these scenes just drag on-and-on endlessly, making for some labored times during the beginning when it's trying to get started. The only other thing that could be construed as a flaw is the late-film twist that manages to change-up the allegiances between everyone, which some will say is a good shock, while others it needlessly complicates the film for no reason. This isn't bad for the film at all, but the slow beginning is the only thing that really hurts this one.The Final Verdict: As there's some really good stuff here and only a few minor points, this one is highly enjoyable and gets a lot right about it. Highly recommended for those who enjoyed the others in the series, fans of the creative side or are into these kinds of films, while those who aren't that big should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and a clothed sex scene

I'm a sucker for post-apocalypse movies, so when I saw this title at RedBox I had to check it out.I won't go into a plot synopsis as that's already been done, but it reminded me a small bit of Doomsday and Mad Max. Nothing was over-the-top about 'Tooth and Nail', not the acting, violence, gore, sex, etc. but, it was decent and watchable.The interaction between the characters trapped in the hospital was tense, although formulaic. You do get a sense of the emptiness in their world and the struggles of day-to-day existence. Time moves very slowly, like people waiting to die.Like I mentioned, there was gore, but nothing spectacular. The sex scenes were appropriate for a PG-13 movie as there was a distinct lack of nudity. My wife and I figured out who the 'wolf in sheep's clothing' was early on and if you watch it, you don't need CSI to determine who it is.Anyway, I give it some props for being a good distraction on a Saturday night. Although 'Tooth and Nail' isn't what I'd call an action film, wait until the ending... it's really cheesy and fun.

Normally when I sit down to watch a movie with cannibals, it is one of the video nasties that were banned in Britain in the 80s. Here, we have a new movie, one of The 8 Films To Die For, that features this touchy subject.It is a post-apocalyptic world. We ran out of gas, and we are trying to survive. Things seem nice at a local hospital where a group has managed to survive for a year. Sure, there's some conflict between The Professor (Robert Carradine) and Viper (Michael Kelly), and people are nervous when a new girl (Rachel Miner) appears, but they are trying to make do.Things soon go to hell when Jackal (Michael Madsen) appears with an axe, and blood starts flowing copiously. Soon Darwin (Carradine) is gone, then another. Soon Neon (Miner) comes clean about the Rovers.Soon it is only the women who are left to fend for themselves: Neon, Dakota (Nicole DuPort), Torino (Alexandra Barreto), and Nova (Emily Catherine Young). One's a child, and apparently autistic.Then things get interesting. We meet the creepy cannibals and one is filing points on his teeth.Unfortunately, things do get predictable from here on out. A traitor and a surprise appearance. And things get a little silly at the end.It was nice gore when pointy teeth got his. Unfortunately the modern cannibals roast their humans instead of the video nasty way.