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| Ravenous | 
 enlarge | Director: Antonia Bird
Actors: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
Buy New: $4.42
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (179 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9256
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 101 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2230396
UPC: 024543203971
EAN: 0024543203971
ASIN: B0009X75J2
Release Date: September 6, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 The other red meat... November 9, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Curious film. More different then entertainng. Passable direction, but not particullarly stylish or artful. Opportunities to make an audience tense, or shocked, were not taken advantage of. Things just happen, without the enjoyable rollercoaster ride of tension and release. Some good actors, doing a decent job. Scenery in the mountains during winter was enjoyable. Soundtrack is an example of inept composition, and didn't seem to fit what was occuring on the screen either. Composing music in general, and composing music to heighten the effect of a film story, are two different things. A one time watch curiosity, at best. If you enjoyed this film, may I suggest "Brotherhood of the Wolf"...a much superior French film.
 Well, isn't this civilized! September 23, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Campfire tale" set in the 1840s Sierra Nevadas, where supernaturally horrible events pile up like mountain snowdrifts. There's a reluctant hero to break your heart, a wildly entertaining villain to TAKE your heart, great period props and costumes, amazing scenery, wagonloads of grue, not one draggy moment in the often violent action. The soundtrack is as compelling as the movie, and all the characters are memorable. There is nothing not to love, except that more people haven't seen it!
The Hungry I April 2, 2005
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is a huge, hairy, bellicose bellowing beast perched there on the edge of the Sierra Nevadas: a slavering, hungry, big-bellied monster that has slobbered and howled and eaten its way West, gobbling up bankers and railroad tycoons and cowboys and gunslingers and soldiers, tinkers, tailors, spies, the entire Indian Nation and itinerant railroad coolies from Cathay.br /br /Its name is Manifest Destiny---and O Hail Columbia, It's Hungry! It's Hungry for more.br /br /The spirit of consumption, ingestion, devouring the heart of the Enemy and making his strength your own---not only was that the spirit that fired our young Republic's westward march, but it's the same spirit that serves as the guts and glory of "Ravenous", a modern anthem to good hearty eating and the pioneer spirit.br /br /More a Weird Wild West vampire tale than anything else, Ravenous entertains in fits and starts---but what atmospheric and blackly funny fits and starts! Ravenous is a decidedly off-beat and undeservedly underrated little horror tale with nice big chunks of frontier adventure, cabin-fever craziness, cannibalism and ghoulishness, Indian devil lore, and shades of the Donner Party, all served in hearty helpings with fine cinematography, glorious sets, sumptuous costumes, and actors who look like they just step out of a 19th century daguerrotype. br /br /Tasty.br /br /Director Antonia Bird distinguished herself with the deft and entertaining but uneven and preachy Priest, which was an effective cinematic diatribe against Catholic orthodoxy. In Ravenous, Bird is not out to preach to anyone, which is what makes the film so much good fun: it is a finely drawn exercise in black humor, unnerving and harrowing (and often eerie) yet also impish and nastily funny. "Isn't this civilized?," asks Jeffrey Jones's revivified Colonel while chowing down on a stew made from the fort's drunken Major, and the answer is, hysterically, yes---civilizingly good cinema about men on the edge getting pushed all the way over it. br /br /Hero Guy Pearce (Memento), whose sturdy cheekbones and Pimpernel-esque diction stole the show in the mediocre Count of Montecristo, plays a strangely understated---and thus doubly effective---role as Captain John Boyd, an American officer decorated for his bravery in the Mexican-American war. But Boyd is not a hero, rather a coward who can barely stand the sight of blood (he gets over it), and whose heroism was largely accidental. The Army Brass knows this but nonetheless needs a hero: Boyd is feted and feasted, treated with a rousing rendition of "Hail Columbia" as interpreted by a bunch of psychotic 4th graders, and dispatched to the lonely hinterland outpost Fort Spencer, which sits on the verge of the Sierra Nevada mountains. br /br /Transfer or penance: Boyd barely gets settled down for a long winter's night when the Stranger staggers out of the deep black fierce woods, pushing his stark white face up against the fort windows.br /br /The Stranger(the leering, grinning, slavering Robert Carlyle) bears with him a ravening, Donner-esque tale of a lost party of snowbound travelers, drowned in horror, futility, and death in the snow-choked passes. br /br /Oh, and Cannibalism, did I mention that? People gotta eat.br /br /An expedition party is hastily assembled to search out any survivors: from there our quirky band of misfits---and "Ravenous"---lurches into a darker domain.br /br /The first half of the film is a blend of paranoid frontier adventure and outright horror, with Carlyle's stranger one of the more terrifying and mysterious fiends in cinematic history. The second half of the movie is considerably less frightening (and thus slightly disappointing, given the first 60 minutes of lead-in and the snippet of Wendigo legend), and Ravenous becomes more of a variation on the standard vampire tale. To say more about the mechanics of this shift would be to spoil the fun.br / br /Ravenous works on so many levels: the rough and forbidding scenery (with Czech mountains doubling for the Sierras) and the capricious score work as characters in their own right. The cinematography is outstanding, and Bird makes good use of the unyielding landscape without and the shadowy and claustrophobic fort interiors (thrown into darkness by the natural light) within. br /br /Finally, the acting is superb, from Jones's bookish Colonel to David Arquette's short but tasty role as a cook (what else?) who inhales a little too much from a peace pipe. Rich in atmosphere, rife with deviltry, stewed and simmered in spicy Manifest Destiny, this film is a fine, hearty stew of a horror movie. Dig in.br /br /JSGbr /
Weird, but interesting in a different way February 8, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this movie. I think you should watch it. However, don't expect to be moved by it or gain anything from it. One thing for sure, it is not a movie like any other one you've watched. br /br /Ravenous is based on a Native American folklore called weendigo. That is if a man consumes another man's flesh, the man also consumes his strength. Hence, the consumer's hunger becomes insatiable. He keeps on wanting more (more human flesh) and the only way to stop this is death.br /br /The main character Boyd, played convincingly by Guy Pearce, experiences weendigo on the battlefield during the war against Mexico. He hides under a pile of dead men out of cowardice, unintentionally swallows blood dripping from a dead soldier on top, and hence gains strength and single-handedly conquers the Mexican command, thereby becoming a hero by being a coward. br /br /He tells his commanding officer about this and the disappointed officer stations him in Fort Spencer, a post in the isolated snow-covered area in or near California. The post consists of several very odd characters, including a funny commanding officer played by Jeffrey Jones, a very religious soldier, a hard-core maniac soldier, two Native Americans, a drunk, and some total weirdo played by David Arquette (couldn't figure out that character, perhaps he was on drugs). br /br /Soon the group is joined by Calhoun, a cannibalistic officer also possessed by Weendigo. Now, can Boyd become a true hero and save the group from Calhoun? br /br /The movie has some pretty cool scenes. One that stands out is when Calhoun reveals his identity as a cannibal and chases Boyd and other members of the company along the mountain with some fun harmonica music. The fight scene between Boyd and Calhoun at the end was also convincing.br /br /Anyway, it is a fun entertainment. Just check it out.
Bon Appetit! January 30, 2005
Ravenous is a very clever movie and a good one at that.. It is a classic generally in the sense of other genres with sick twisted humor. It is certainly not for the faint of heart and one can make the assertion that everyone is not going to like the movie. I presume those not accustomed to gratuitous gore and the subject matter..Ahem "stew" will be offended. br /br /Still, there is something to be said of Robert Carlyle's (trainspotting's begbie) chilling performance as the maniacal Colqhoun. The transformation from the frostbitten stranger to the cold and calculating Colqhoun (Wendigo) is very disturbing. br / Robert Carlyle's Colqhoun is the epitome of pure unadulterated evil. ******* Brilliant! (The character is that good and cool so much so you actually root for the next kill.. ahem meal) A five star alone just for the cave scene and the startling music as Colqhoun closes down on the prey or preys as in plural. I think the chase scene has a mixture of strange banjo and some other instruments in the score. Nonetheless, it is very startling!br /br /The scene with Jeffrey Jones C.O. (Quite some shock from the inept headmaster in Ferris.B to a cannibal) in the short utter "He was licking me!" is most appalling in a very funny and I might add twisted way. This movie is dark and there are other movies not exactly in the same genre but european and with just enough gore (See.. lock, stock and 2 smoking B..)br /br /The movie is an acquired taste and no doubt, many will find the voracious appetite of Colqhoun for human flesh horrifying!br /but for all others, Bon Appetit! br /br /The films taglines like "You are who you eat" and "Eat up" says it all. It is a masterful suspense of carnivorous proportions (No Pun intended)..
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