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Amy Parks, Bailey Chase, Denise Dowse

"The Brookdale Institute" is a mysterious, little-known hospital for the criminally insane (a fact which is kept on a need-to know basis). Brookdale has another, more lucrative facet; a safe harbor fo...( read more  read more... )r the chronically drug-addicted rich and famous, especially the sons and daughters of the above, whose families have tried everything. "The Institute" is also for the once-famous, who, having bottomed out, also have no where else to turn but Brookdale. Investigating possible health code violations, "Jennifer/Samantha", (Sara Downing), a career-driven reporter for "The Philadelphia Enquirer", checks in under the guise of a patient, in hope of getting a hot story. Unbeknownst to her, the real scoop is much more awesome then even she could write about, should she live to tell. Brookdale is infested with super-intelligent, supernaturally empowered killer rats, a by-product of forgotten experiments conducted by "Dr. William Winslow" (Ron Perlman), the Chief Psychiatrist at Brookdale. Winslow had abandoned the experiments long ago, however ex-patient/caretaker, "Ernst" (Michael Zelniker) has developed a symbiotic, telepathic relationship with the rodents, and they thrive off of each other. As patients mysteriously disappear, and the body count mounts, even The Exterminators, RatMaster General "Hans" ('John Paul Young') and his assistant, "Jim" (Adam Gierasch) are no contest for the awesome force of this hybrid rodent strain.

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Directed by: Amy Parks, Bailey Chase, Denise Dowse, John Paul Young, Michael Hagerty, Michael Zelniker, Ron Perlman, Sara Downing, Sean Cullen, Tibor Takács

Release Date: January 15, 2003

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • kiriyamakazou
    July 25, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    I find the idea of being attacked by a bunch of rats really disturbing. It would suck, so much. This film failed to really disturb because of the funny looking CG rats. They were confusing more than scary. They moved awkwardly, looked fake and didn't interact well with humans. Pe...( read more)rlman gives a decent performance, a performance above this films level of quality. The most original part is the Dr's and Nurses in the hospital not being complete arse monkeys. They actually seem to care for the patients. The script is a bit lazy, with doors being unlocked just as the heroes need them etc. If you're into B-Movie Maneater stuff, you would have seen better, but also a lot worse.
  • urgit
    July 22, 2009
    urgit
    Vergonzosa y lamentable película que vi el fin de semana pasado en Cuatro, mientras intentaba dormitar sin mucho éxito tras haber cenado copiosamente sendas pizzas grasosas de Telepizza y una tarrina de medio litro de helado de nuez con nueces caramelizadas (que hambre me está en...( read more)trando...).

    Bueno, al lío:

    Una institución psiquiátrica norteamericana, de alta seguridad, para jóvenes problemáticos, está llamando la atención porque últimamente se fugan mucho. Para investigarlo, una estudiante (porque dudo que fuese ya periodista) se infiltra en el psiquiátrico haciéndose pasar por una paciente más para investigar desde dentro.

    Pronto se revela la verdad: el director del centro (Ron Perlman), hace años experimentó con ratas. Ahora, esas ratas, comandadas por una enorme mierda, quiero decir, deprimente rata hecha por telesketch (si utilizaron ordenador, le pego un tiro al técnico encargado de los efectos especiales) del tamaño de un pitbull que se comunica telepáticamente con el encargado del psiquiátrico (sí, no le busquéis la lógica) y dirige a las horas de ratas con ojos rojos de bombilla que se comen a quien le apetece. Esa es la horrible verdad.
    Por suerte, el compañero de la estudiante de periodismo acude a rescatarla y tras caer en la trampa y morir todas las personas del centro, logran hacer explotar varias bombonas de oxígeno para destruir a la gata gigante mientras ellos se escoden tras una trampilla de madera que da a un altillo.
    En medio del incendio, se salvan. Como no, las maléficas ratas también escapan por una alcantarilla, incluída la rata-gigante despelechada.

    A parte de lo estúpido del guión, de lo poco devastadora que puede llegar a ser una explosión de bombonas de oxígeno comprimido, y de la deprimente rata, que mata a todo el mundo lanzándose sobre ellos como si fuese una fuerza de la naturaleza que no puede detenerse (con lo fácil que es coger un bate de beisbol y darle dos palos bien daos a la maldita rata las narices, se puede destacar que se ve un par de veces a Ron Perlman (Hellboy), actor que, dado que no es muy conocido pero que se tuvieron que ir a Bulgaria para rodar y los paupérrimos efectos especiales, tuvo que llevarse gran parte del presupuesto destinado a crear esta monstruosidad de film.
  • InVeRtDrEaMz
    September 19, 2007
    InVeRtDrEaMz
    I herd a friend talking about this..

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