Kaw (2007)

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film is relatively well made. I never doubted the existence of these ravens, nor their animosity towards humans. It was well shot and had some decent actors too. The problem is that it played it too straight. It never really found the humour. This would be OK if it managed to get the tension or scares right, but it just fizzles flat. This is a real pity, as you may as well watch The Birds, a truly terrifying film that also shows why you shouldn't explain everything. Kaw even takes one of the actors from that film, when it should have just had more fun. Not embarrassing, but not incredibly entertaining either. The best thing about it is the title, which I can't help but say in an annoying bird sound kind of way.

Director Sheldon Weldon who also created the classic flick, Shallow Ground 2004 has created another gem in Kaw.Starring Sean Patrick Flanery who has also been in other classic flicks, Lone Hero 2002, The Boondock Saints 1999 and Frank & Jesse 1995.Also starring Stephen McHattie who has also been in other classic flicks, Pontypool 2008, Shoot 'Em Up 2007, 300 2006 and A History of Violence 2005.Also starring Kristin Booth.Also starring Rod Taylor who has also been in other classic flicks, Inglourious Basterds 2009 and another classic animal flick, The Birds 1963.I enjoyed the attack scenes.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic animal flicks, Anaconda III 2008, Arachnophobia 1990, The Bear 1988, Black Sheep 2006, The Breed 2006, Burning Bright 2010, Isolation 2005, Jurassic Park 1993, Jurassic Park 3 2001, The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997, Long Weekend 1978, Of Unknown Origin 1983, The Protector 2005, Razorback 1984, Spiders 2000, Eight Legged Freaks 2002, Big Ass Spider! 2013, Tracks 2013, Red Dog 2011, The Pack 2015, White God 2014, The Grey 2011, Isolation 2005, Megan Leavey 2017 and Wild Beasts 1984.

I for one love killer animal's movies, so I could not wait to see Kaw, While it sure sounded a lot like Hitchcock's The Birds it's far from a rip-off of.it is actually a really good movie and other great thing is that they've actually used real birds most of the time to limit the use of CGI , which makes movie much better! and ravens are scary enough to keep you away from them for a few days.The story Police Chief Wayne Hayborne, is on his very last day of work and wants to get away from the town with his wife after he has finished work for the day and he Need put it on hold as call comes in about old farmer as been found dead, Meanwhile a bus driver Clyde MacKenzie has a run in with a flock of murderous ravens and fight back with a gun!.There was a decent amount of gore in the film with several scenes of ravens plucking the brains from their victims and bus driver dog was really scared , if you like dogs like I do, believe ME you Will hate ravens what they did to that poor dog very sad scene.Most of the actors in Kaw are Very likable and the acting for small budget horror was excellent. It not great movie But it still really good.I give this movie 7/10

The problems with this movie are too many to list. First of all, they're birds. Big birds, yes. But birds. Yes, they can peck and tear at you with it their beak. But I refuse to believe that a person will die because of a dozen lacerations on their face and hands. Of course, I can understand it with people as stupid as the characters in the movie. Oooh, big birds are attacking my car......so.....I'll throw it in reverse and drive backwards as fast as I can without being able to see where I'm going. Let's see, I'm a deputy with a shotgun. I run way out in the middle of the street and start shooting randomly in the air without aiming. I keep shooting until...what?...you mean this thing doesn't hold 100 shells? Oh my God. What will I do? Run back inside? No. Get in the truck sitting right next to me? No. I'll stand in the middle of the street and scream while they eat me. And then theirs the ravens. Yes, ravens are smart. But by that, they mean they are smart, relative to birds. That means their brains generate 2 micro amps rather than 1. Dive bombing a bus with rocks to break the windows? Are you kidding me? First of all, how did they grip the rocks. Did they find some with handles? And even then, they couldn't lift a rock big enough to break safety glass. I was so reminded of the scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail when the English soldiers are debating how a swallow could carry a coconut.But in the end, ravens or not, it all comes back to the fact that they are birds. Big birds yes, but birds. Even in the original The Birds (great movie), no one fights back. If I got attacked out in the open, with no place to seek cover, there would be a lot a ravens with broken necks before they'd do enough damage to take me down. And if I had time to prepare? Get a full face motorcycle helmet, leather jacket, leather gloves, shotgun and a case a 00 buck. Then you step outside and proceed to rapidly decrease the raven population.