atinder I seen this movie a number of time now, first time two times , when came on TV about 10 years ago, I really enjoyed it back thenIt's was not as good as remember it but I didn't found the movie well paced, it dose not take long at all before the Rats start to attack people.About the middle part of the movie is gets little calm but more rats start to attack again and I really liked scenes on Train, The rats covered the whole train , was really cool scenes.The attack scenes were not to bad or that great. they went not to bloody but first attack was good a bit bloody at the start. as movies goes on the attacks scenes seem less bloody but a lot rats on the person getting attacked.The acting was really good from the cast in this movie.Decent Killer rat movie6 out of 10

insomniac_rod Rats invade every place in New York...you get a B-movie plot. The beautiful, elegant, sexy Madchen Ammick stars in this cheesy Horror flick for cable.I won't talk about the plot because there isn't much to tell about it. In fact, I will only comment about the scenes that are worth the watch. The rat attack in the swimming pool is a must see as it's a little but tense moment as the rats almost bite the young Daveigh Chase.Near the end, when the beautiful Madchen falls and is attacked by thousands of rats really made me worry because I could only think about her beautiful face getting disfigured. To my happiness, she only gets some scratches and is rescued by Spano and other guy. The rat massacre at the ending is also a must see for the cheese factor. What a cartoonish ending! This is a must see for people who have a phobia for rats like me. This is what Horror is about, scare and make you feel tense. This low budget movie makes it's job and entertains B-movie consumers for about 90 mins.Watch "The Rats" for it's intention to entertain and to watch the stunning, incredible Madchen Ammick.

John Bale Stylish Susan Costello (Madchen Amick) is PR at Garvers Department Store in New York City. An unsuspecting customer is bitten by a rat in one of the dressing rooms and develops a serious disease. More sighting of rats at a nearby swimming center, and at Susan's apartment, suggest a plague of the rodents is brewing, and they appear to be overly aggressive too. Jack Carver (Vincent Spano) a suave professional rat exterminator and Susan together try to stem the plague of killer rodents, which extends to the Underground Railway, and finally ends at the swimming pool in a very suspenseful sequence, while the Health Department hope the whole thing will go away, and try to sweep it under the carpet. This is much better than the average thriller TV film thanks to some good special effects, and the general fear most folks have of Rats, especially feral ones in mass. In fact giant spiders ("The Haunting of Toby Jug" "Funnelweb"), rats, and snakes ("Lair of the White Worm" "Anaconda") all figure largely in horror literature. James Herbert wrote about London being invaded by rats in one of his first novels, (The Rats), but in this case the city is New York, and the rats have been mutated into something seriously aggressive, especially in huge numbers. Some possibly true and disturbing facts about the rodents in the city come to light in the script, which is reasonably sane for this type of movie. There are some well designed moments of horror - the janitor ends up in a very nasty situation being eaten alive. The cast have most unpleasant encounters with the little critters, making D. W. Griffith's putting Lillian Gish in a scene with a couple of rats ( in the days of the silent films ) seem like a summer picnic. She (Gish) managed to gain some publicity from the fact she allowed rats to crawl about her at the time. I'm not sure of the almost unknown cast of this feature gained as much notoriety, although perhaps they should considering the number of rats involved. However we are more skeptical today as digital effects can create the most awful situations without the actors being much impaired. Altogether the film will probably increase your phobia for Rats if you have one, and maybe start one if you haven't. Caution - don't watch the movie if you're squeamish.

slayrrr666 'The Rats' is a very entertaining film for the kind of movie that it is.**SPOILERS**Deep under the streets of New York, an army of rats is gathering. They appear to be far more vicious and smarter than previous New York rats and have no problem attacking people. Susan, (Madchen Amick) is worried about the sudden appearance of rats in her apartment and at the department store where she works. Her fears are justified, as there are thousands of rats that can overpower even the largest person. The department store suffers one victim from the rats, forcing Susan to bring rat exterminator Jack Carver (Vincent Spano) to find the rats. They learn that the store is being secretly turned into rat HQ. With assistant Ty, (Shawn Michael Howard) the three are undeniably convinced of the rat infestation and that the rats are spreading out into the surrounding neighborhood. A close encounter in the local swimming pool confirms everyone's suspicions. Starting with Susan's apartment, they find more and more rats. Not wanting to close down any part of New York due to several important functions in the city, the three exterminators start a giant campaign to stop the rats from taking over and killing off the entire population.The Good News: I really thought this was a clever movie in that it introduced the rats as villains even before we see the human characters. This is a really refreshing move, since we don't normally see the villain first in movies. The high levels of suspense in this was unexpected. There were plenty of scenes that were pretty suspenseful. The rats converging on the swimmers in the swimming pool, the discovery of the rats' sleeping place, and the descent into the subway looking for them were all pretty suspenseful and helped the movie look that much better. In the hands of a master suspense director, those scenes would be even better. Also, the viciousness of the rats is without question. They are quite vicious and can also assume an intimidating pose. Once we get to the final half-hour of the film, it kicks into high gear and really lets loose with the suspense and action. The train sequence has to be the best example of this, as giant swarms of rats crawl over every inch of subway train as the passengers scramble to get over the horde of oncoming rats. It is a sight to behold as the thousands of rats are seen to climbing over everything inside. It is a wonder how the rats were trained to do such complex maneuvers and stunts. They looked realistic when they were not CGI creations, and were pretty terrifying. Even the action in the film is exciting. There are a lot more action scenes in the film than I would've expected. Most of it does occur in that last half, but there are a lot of these scenes spread out in the course of the film. The only gore scene in the film is a brief shot of a man who has been overrun by the rats, and most of his body is eaten away down to the bone and various ribs are exposed with meat and flesh are still hanging on to them. Not exactly a new level of gore standards, but here it certainly isn't obtrusive.The Bad News: The CGI generated rats were very fake looking and could be distinguished from the other, real rats. It was even pretty easy to determine what were real rats and what were the fake rats. I am getting very tired of kinds of those films that always depict the leaders of a community that are more interested in saving their public opinion than in saving lives. It has become a very tired cliché in movies since 'Jaws,' and doesn't need to be in any more films. They only come off as uncaring, evil people who meet their fortunate demise late in the film. There isn't a lot of jumps in the film, so it basically relies on the 'ick' factor many people get from rats. If they don't bother you too much, then it might be a little harder for you to like this, but it still isn't that bad of a film.The Final Verdict: While not a classic by any means and only slightly better than the other rat film released a year later, this is one reasonably entertaining movie. Seek it out if you like rodent films or to those who seek out obscure films to try and find an unseen favorite.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Adult Language, vicious man-on-animal attacks, and Brief Nudity