TheBlueHairedLawyer
I watched Rage of the Yeti last night and found it really boring. All it was was a bunch of people standing around in the snow waving pretend guns around, along with a "yeti" made from the worst CGI I've ever seen. The soundtrack was dull and and the acting wasn't bad but some of the actors just didn't look right for the roles they were in. It was obvious that the movie wasn't even filmed in Canada; the actors were extremely under-dressed for the type of weather Northern Canada gets. Rage of the Yeti is a movie I'll probably never watch again, it was so boring that I'll be really surprised if it doesn't just fade away from TV in the next year or so.
wes-connors
In the remote Arctic, animated-looking monsters attack people. The white, toothy creatures are called "Yeti" in the movie's title and what sounds like "Yeren" during the story. Possibly, they are not really Yeti. Syfy TV movie filmmakers send a team into the region, led by muscular David Chokachi (as Jonas) and his likewise handsome brother Matthew Kevin Anderson (as Jace). The good-looking men are to hook up with the previous team, led by attractively tough Yancy Butler (as Villers). She has some funny lines. The expeditions were supposed to bring back, for some reason, an ancient book from a shipwreck. What the book, shipwreck and Yeti have in common is mysterious; not alluring, but confusing. Viewing this movie once could put you to sleep and repeated airings could put you in a sleep-like coma, so watch "Rage of the Yeti" at your own risk.*** Rage of the Yeti (11/12/11) David Hewlett ~ David Chokachi, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Yancy Butler, Laura Haddock
wabartlett
I was frustrated by another critics review given only 20 minutes into this great flick. Perhaps we really are the victims of high budget films losing our ability to appreciate anything with a budget under $100M.As a low budget movie made on a shoestring this movie is great, the acting is sufficiently tongue in cheek for you to see the "ham i ness" as really a spoof on the high budget/ entirely CGI films.The storyline mimics the feel of the early generation of scifi and is a great reminder of the originals in this space, "lost in space", "doctor who" and even "the day the earth stood still".If you a movie that is clearly trying to be a very real movie, made by very real people then this is a movie for you. Also take a look at another one of David Hewletts home grown greats. "A dogs breakfast" then you will truly get an insight into this movie makers great ability to deliver a great product while gently tweaking the nose hairs of the movie making establishment.
HeadMMoid
As this is being written it is just over twenty minutes into the movie (including commercials). So far there have been numerous technical errors, an utterly stupefying plot, poor CGI, and a complete lack of acting ability; and those are the high points.The movie does have three notable things about it.First, it is a well advertised SyFy movie feature on Saturday evening, so you know before it starts that it can't be very good, and you can keep your expectations low.Second, it took well less than ten minutes to confirm that the previous point was correct.Third, David Hewlett did not exactly repeat his Dr. Rodney McKay character from the Stargate series. What he did provide were a few scenes shot in a day or two so that his name could be included in the movie.The only reason to watch this movie - once - when you have absolutely nothing else to do, is so that you never have to watch it again in your life.And, for those who think that twenty minutes is not sufficient time to form an opinion about this garbage; the rest of the movie was, if anything, worse.
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