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On a desolate farm in the Irish countryside, destitute Dan Reilly (John Lynch) -- in return for cold cash -- allows his heifers to be part of a genetic study intended to boost bovine fertility and bee...( read more 
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MCT:May 29, 2008
I bought a very cheap copy of this movie, which I had never heard of, because it had won the Grand Prix at the French Gerardmer Film Festival, an award which had already directed me to two films I greatly enjoy, "Dark Water" and "Two Sisters."
"Isolation" is not exactly in the same league, but it is quite a decent effort. The only problem is that it just does on a farm what "Alien" had already done on a starship and "The Thing" in the Antarctic, namely explore a very visceral kind of biological horror, mixing this generic theme with echoes of the recent mad cow disease scare, fears about GMOs and an idea from the physiology of David Gerrold's tribbles.
The visuals are very similar to "Alien"'s: it is surprising how much a farm at night looks like the interior of a starship, especially with all the machinery and the stuff dripping from the ceilings.
As a believer in animal rights, I was particularly pleased by one line of the script, when the protagonist tells the scientist: "They are not animals to you. They are just laboratory experiments." As someone who coined the verb "deanimalize", I loved the philosophy behind that statement. Indeed, the cows in the film almost seemed like characters to me, and I wish the director had explored this a little further.
As a (moderate) fan of the TV series "Ashes to Ashes", I was also pleased to meet again baddy Sean Harris in a more sympathetic role.
Be warned though: the movie contains strong language, one sexual scene and, of course, rather copious amounts of gore (I closed my eyes once or twice.) -
MCT:May 3, 2008If you like science non fiction mixed with your horror, you may be unpleasantly surprised with this one. A movie that may creep you out if you think to much about all the genetic engineering happening these days. What makes this film so scary is that something like this could actually happen. Over all I would say it was well done. It creates that claustrophobic feeling many had, when as kids,,while hiding under the sheets and trying to sleep at night you wondered what was moving around in the dark. Personally when the person stuck his arm in the cows uterus to grasp the calf, you knew something bad was going to happen. It did,,, and gets worse and creeper from there.
Best scare flick I've seen in years. -
MCT:February 7, 2008Stumbled on this last night and really enjoyed it. Very 'genre' but very well put together. Particularly good at creating a claustrophobic atmosphere in an unusual context. Pleasingly restrained when dealing with the monster. Helps if you dislike slurry.
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MCT:December 22, 2007Sounds like it could be good. "On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.-zombie movie"
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MCT:December 19, 2007Good God this is fucking awful!!!
And let me tell you the plot then you'll get the big wet fish slap around the face moment of clarity which will explain why its so fucking awful!!!
The film is about a genetic experiment on Cows to make them more fertile at a younger age which goes wrong in spectactualr style, leading to a pregnant calf being born which is host to spontantiously mutated, spiny, biting, high pitched wailing creatures that barrow into your stomach and eat your intestines, all the while growing in size/appitite and ferosity. Sounds like award winning stuff right!!
The titla of the movie has no real reference even to the plot, the farm its all based on isn't isolated, there is no huge disarster preventing them calling for help or leaving, nor are they alone.
The general feel of the film is slowly drawn out with hardly anything note worthy within the first 40 minutes. this isn't always a bad thing in a horror film cos that slow tension building can realy help the atmosphere and scare factor but in this all is does is make it highly unentertaining. Not considering the first half of the movie does involve a cow having a full rectal exam by the vet and then its subsicent close up angle of the mutant calfs birth, which is as close to scary this film even gets.
The actors again are unknowns and at best poor excuses for it, the only decent one being proad cow farmer John Lynch, who was fairly good considering he didn't have much to work with here.
The special effects are non-existant, and the blood and gore are just rediculously over the top and draw away from what is already as pathetic excuse of a movie. By the end I had actually became so bored I found myself playing solitar on my ipod. And to think the bastards even left the end perfectly set up for a sequel!!
The only good thing was the fact that the vets hand got bit during the mother cow's rectal exam, i'd like to think that my organs would turn carniverous and bite the bitch with her arm up my ass to the elbow too!!!!
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