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Overlooked and underappreciated.

posted 15 years ago by ericjamespray-1
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Granted, Rovdyr(a.k.a. Manhunt)has its' share of flaws(like many survival horror films), but the gritty realism and '70's setting made this film into a well-done "grindhouse" genre entry.

Given the lacking quality of recent U.S. horror releases, it seems that Europe has begun picking up the slack(e.g. Let The Right One In, Martyrs, The Children, and King Of The Hill)and I hope most genre fans will give Rovdyr the chance it deserves.

Fans of films like Eden Lake, The Hills Have Eyes, and Southern Comfort should pay special interest and seek out this movie.

If you're interested in obtaining a copy, try amazon.co.uk. It's listed under the title "Manhunt" and can be purchased for a reasonably inexpensive price with shipping to the U.S. Just be certain that you can play Region 2 DVDs. As of the time of this posting, no U.S. distributor has picked up the rights to Rovdyr, although rumors are afloat that a few major companies are looking at it with some interest. Hopefully a Region 1 copy will enable more casual horror fans to check it out.

[–] ericpecher 15 years ago

The European Blu-ray Disc of ROVDYR is region-free.
Distributed by Euforia and Atlantic Film.

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[–] TheEnigmaticRonin 15 years ago

- '70's setting made this film into a well-done "grindhouse" genre entry.

It never looked like the 70s, the film sucked, the only guys involved I have a tiny little respect for are the editors, they atleast saved( as much as they could the worst acting I've seen in decades.

" Look, there's two women fuc*ing a polar bear!" - Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas 1998

[–] aralbade24 14 years ago

I really like the idea of a gore and realistic norwegian survival (I am norwegian), but I have to say that I'm still waiting for the one! A good norwegian genre film.. This one had a good start, yet not very original, but effective. The problem is that nothing really happens afterwards, and if you compare it to Deliverance or Texas Chainsaw for example, well, Rovdyr feels very empty. Same with Fritt Vilt, another norwegian slasher experience that fell flat. But at least we're trying!

[–] lfdr 14 years ago

I have my guess that many people giving bad reviews to this movie are very young or too much into 'big productions'. For me it was a really cool movie to have a good time (the 70's look i think is some kind of homage to similar films from that era). Yeah, is not original or doesn't have 'deep storyline' or 'great acting' but sure is way better than many, many indie flicks being made in the USA right now: raw, gory and simple. Just do not compare it with horror classics like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, The Hills Have Eyes remake, etc. Those are classics for some reason (hardly other modern films can compete with them).

I think some norwegians are quite hard on the movie because they're looking for a great norwegian film to compete with the Big horror films around the world, but that's unfair for a LITTLE new movie wich seems made with at least some passion for the genre. And for people in the USA it seems many are also quite hard with productions from other countries or with different language than english, a very prejudging vision (and somehow immature).

For me this is a very nice little horror film, with its flaws of course, but at least gave me a good time and deserves at least one good watch with friends.

[–] robspacey 13 years ago

Nah you're wrong.

This movie was empty. It ONLY had a basic framework:

Bad guys trying to kill good guys.
Good guys trying to escape.

That's it.

Nothing else to it. No twists, no character developement. The characters were cliche, the scenes cliche, even the ending, for what there was, was cliche. There was NOTHING in this film that said anything beyond 'Texas Chainsaw Fanfiction'. Sorry but it's true.

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[–] ilon 9 years ago

Many horror films have the same problems and people aren't as harsh. I wonder why. Sure the movie is no masterpiece, but I've seen hundreds that are worse.
At least this one is short. Usually the plot (and it tends to be stupid plot and also done to death) develops during the extra 15 minutes. This one goes to the point and doesn't feel the need to justify the horror and gore fest with a ridiculous love story, weak becomes strong, villains revenge or any other BS.

[–] arnoldgrotli 9 years ago

How is the movie good? No good action scenes. No scary moments? Okey! One ok girl running around and screaming. the girl in the beginning is so terrible in acting that I felt it hurt deep inside me! Ninni Robsam is her name, and has a really bad trip with her directing stuff also...
I think Syversen is always making okey films in to crap. And never has the balls too go down deep with anything.

Look at the violence in this film... the CGI mouth scene is terrible. And the cut in the leg is even more terrible...

the bad guys we don´t care about at all. They look silly. Not in a good redneck kind of way, but just plain silly. There is no story in the set decorations like in the texas chainsaw. Or in the caracters like in the friday the 13 or halloween. No good atoms. And not one good intense scene.

the Movie is *beep*