You know, I watched this the other week and then promptly sent my DVD back to Netflix thinking there would be an abundance of screen shots on the web that I could lift and pepper into my write up, since that’s what I do these days, but when I started thinking about what to say, prompted by pictures, there weren’t many “high quality” ones to be found. Oh well. Here’s some boobs:
I am not sure what the general consensus is about this movie – but I really like it. I am not always a fan of movies about eating other people but this pulls it off and, while I really don’t ever pay attention, the score was fucking fantastic and really added value to this. if you haven’t seen this, this may contain spoilers, but they won’t be massive since this isn’t a mystery with a big twist. So – spoiler: it’s about eating people.
Set after the Mexican American War (probably around 1850 or so) and before the onset of America’s “Manifest Destiny” thing, a wicked-ass Guy Pearce is sent to a remote “fort” as punishment for being a fucking coward and playing dead while his troops were slaughtered. There, he meets a young and skinny Neal McDonough, an exasperated and portly Jeffrey Jones, a drunken and stoned David Arquette and a few other people. One night Robert Carlisle shows up showing his butt and telling tales about how he and a travelling party got holed up in a cave during a huge snowstorm and started eating each other to stay alive. Oh, this also has a guy named Jeremy Davies in it that I always thought was the kid from E.T. but boy was I fucking wrong. The egg is really on my face.
Anyway, he alludes that there might just be some survivors left so the entire company heads out to do some rescuing and lo and behold: it’s a god damn trap!!! A very thrilling hunt through the woods and off a cliff are in order next and eventually things somehow take a turn for the worse as we lead up to the big finale. I think the acting, the pace, the music and the sets all make this a very fun experience and it really works for me. GOOD FUN!!
Isaacs Picture Conclusions 
So what you’re saying is, David Arquette portrayed himself?
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YEP!!!!!
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Ha! Shame about the movie though, it has an interesting cast (aside from Arquette, who makes me want to punch him), they could have done something good, potentially.
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You didn’t like it??
I thought it was pretty good…
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I liked it, but it didn’t have ghosts or soggy Japanese chicks crawling on the ceilings or anything. And no robots. NO ROBOTS!! Speaking of which, I’ll be looking forward to your review of Pacific Rim!
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Good points!!
I hope I get to see that in the theater. My movie going is difficult to manage since I basically have to take a day off work to get out there. I am totally going to see GRAVITY and ELYSIUM so P-Rim might get bounced… but it looks excellent!
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I saw this a long time ago, and it creeped the shit out of me. I don’t know why, something about PEOPLE EATING PEOPLE maybe? lol. But I do love Robert Carlisle, I think he’s a great actor.
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This movie’s pretty good – thanks for stopping by Smash!!
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No big deal dude I’ve eaten so many people.
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Roasted or grilled?
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I’m not sure about Brian but I prefer my human meat baked (with lemon) (and pepper).
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Oh a variety of techniques. Buy my cookbook on Amazon!
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To Serve Man.
Oh shit – that obscure reference probably doesn’t work when no aliens are involved…
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LOL : )
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I just wanted to say that I think it’s absolutely hilarious that you pepper your blog with pictures of boobs… It reminds me of something my husband said about a week ago. I was talking to him about how I got a new one day best on blog views and looks at me and says “you should just post a pic of your tits on your blog, then you’ll get all the views you want”. LMAO I was like, REALLY?!?
Anyway, I’ll have to check the movie out. It looks pretty damn entertaining.
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HAHAHA!! That’s hilarious!!
UM – that would probably be a pretty big day for you… : ) You would probably get a lot of reblogs LOL
As for this movie – it’s pretty good : )
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LOL I told him WIT not TIT honey….more wit and less tit is my goal.
There are enough tits out there already for f*ck sake but you’re both probably right haha
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HAHAHAHA!!!!
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i posted my husbands comment as my morning quote….i hope he’s proud of himself LOL
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LOL!!!
I’ll go check it out here in minute : )
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In my happiness at discovering that there is a movie which features both Robert Carlyle and Guy Pearce (at the same time!!), I wonder why someone doesn’t start a site that allows you to look up two actors and see what movies they have done together. Or is there such a function on IMDb and I’m just missing it?
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I don’t think so – I wish we were smart enough to think of something like that…
As for this – OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you need to watch this – Carlyle is FANTASTIC!
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OK, I will watch it. Maybe it will inspire me to update my blog.
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SWEET!!!
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It’s been a while since I seen this but I had to watch it as my mucker Bobby Carlyle was in it. Me and him go way back. Good Glasgow boys. 😉 I have to say, I quite liked it as well.
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It’s pretty good, for sure.
Are you telling me you two muckers know each other??
Boat Drinks!!
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Have I never told you that before? Bobby Carlyle’s son and my daughter where in the same class at school together. Used to talk to him regularly. My Missus and my daughters were in his house as well. Unfortunately, I was working that day. But yeah, Bobby’s brand new, man. Really genuinely nice guy. Not like the characters he plays onscreen.
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I don’t think so – that’s FUCKING SWEET!!! That’s a great story!
I hung out a few times with a guy named Rex Linn. He’s from here and went to high school with one of my ex-girlfriend’s dad. When we first met he had just been in Cliffhanger with Sly Stallone so that was pretty exciting.
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See? We all have a claim to fame. Rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.
I’m familiar with a few of the Trainspotting cast. (Ended up in a fight with one of them) But Carlyle is probably the biggest celebrity I’ve met. Peter Mullan as well.
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That’s awesome my man – I love it. I’m envisioning a drunken bar fight!!
I used to live in Southern California so I used to run into movie people a lot. One year I was working for my uncle, installing window treatments and such and we went to a job at Keith Carradine’s house. He was leaving to go do something and stopped me – he had his wallet out and said something like “Hey, kid. All I have are a bunch of fifties and I just want to go to (this convenience store) and get a coke. Got anything smaller?”
So I gave him five bucks and we finished the job before he got back. So Keith Carradine owes me five bucks!!!!
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It was a drunken brawl but it was in a house at a party. Smashed down wardrobes and shit. Two of bleeding like stuck pigs. Wasn’t so funny at the time but its a hoot now. I always think of that whenever the guy crops up in the film.
LOL. Keith Carradine owes you five bucks? That’s fucking brilliant, man. I’d hit him up for that. With interest!
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That’s fucking GREAT!!! LOVE IT!!
YEP!!! Sorry bastard!!
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I met Gordon from Sesame Street! Have a picture of me & him. Ha! How’s that for cool?! 😛
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I think that’s WICKED-COOL!!!
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I KNOW!!!! 😉
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☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼
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Are those sweet little snowflakes? Or buttholes??
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LOL – those are five sweet suns / five stars : )
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Five star….fish. Lol
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LOL
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I knew Walker would have a hard on for this movie and his boyfriend in it 😉
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LOL
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Aw, so you know about me and Bobby then? Keep that hush-hush. I’ve been on these damn hormone replacement pills for an age and he’s still paying for my sex-change operation… Then we’ll run away to Hollywood together. He said he would. He promised!!
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My comment board has been filthy today. Boobs, butts, sex changes…
GOODNESS!!
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Goodness indeed! I’ve got hairs on my tits!
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Might as well get them all out here.
Hopefully you’re having a good day over there and TAINT MISBEHAVIN!!
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What? Get my tits out? 😉
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What?? No more man tits…!!
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You did say “get them all out here”. I thought you were talking about my hairy man tits 😉
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Guy Pearce is a first class actor. So, I’m definitely going to watch this, even though I don’t really like to watch eating people movies…. not that I don’t like it…. I close my eyes or cover my face with throw pillow., ( maybe 1/2 of the movie, so watching it kind of makes it pointless )
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LOL and yes he is – there’s actually only one scene where they are eating people – but it’s pretty tame – the people are all cooked up in a nice stew : )
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Does anyone eat Ed Rooney??
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Nope!
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great review, as always. i’m a mahoosive robert carlysle fan. i write screenplays, and it’s surprising how often he’s the guy i have in mind when i write my lead, though i haven’t seen him in anything for years, and it’s always a 40yr old carlysle i’m writing for. he was best in “cracker”, a tv series starring robbie coltrane as a criminal psychologist. carlysle played a messed up murderer that was so memorable it’s ridiculous. saw it many years ago, and every scene is still crystal clear. the guy’s fantastic.
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Biffer!
Thanks for coming by today! I agree – he’s an amazing actor.
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i clearly like him so much i can’t spell his name right! doh! anyway, i come by every day 🙂 just don’t always comment!
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OH MAN – that makes me feel great!! You’ve mad my day!! I have something that I hope is epic for you tomorrow : )
You write screenplays? For a living? I tried working on one a couple of years ago and found it to be completely frustrating… : (
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I WISH for a living. No, i generally write when i’m knackered from work or drunk, or after my kid’s gone to sleep. all prime time moments to make sure my scripts are tip-top 😦 anyway, no i do boring computer stuff all day, but try to break out by writing spec scripts in my spare time. i’m still on the learning curve though. one day! 😉 it is frustrating as hell, i’ll give you that, but it always offers that tantalising feeling of “well i messed that one up, but i’ve learned stuff, and i just know that NEXT one is going to be unstoppable!!
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Well – I certainly hope you get one out there somewhere and it makes you wildly successful!!! : )
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happy to send you my thriller/horror script! 🙂 i’m aware much needs doing, and i’ve got some comments from people, but i’ve not had comments from a proper horror officionado! would love some feedback if you promised not to spare my feelings. 🙂
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That would be great!! Maybe I could send you mine (unfinished) and you can inspire me with critique on whether or not to bother finishing it?
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yes mate! very happy to share scripts. email me (bifferspice@yahoo.co.uk) and i’ll reply with mine
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“OH MAN – that makes me feel great!! You’ve mad my day!! I have something that I hope is epic for you tomorrow : )”
looking forward to it. and you shouldn’t act surprised. i got news for you, mate. your articles are great – you have a very entertaining writing style and you pick movies i mostly haven’t even heard of. it’s a great combination. i don’t go to many sites every day, but yours is one of them (and the only film one!)
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That’s the best comment ever!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH – that means the world to me!!
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I love the jesus out of this movie. Cannibals, Old timey war shit. Robert Carlyle. Seriously, what more could you ask for? OH YEAH MOTHERFUCKING GUY PEARCE.
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FUCKIN’ A RIGHT!!!
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RAWWNWHWAHHHH!!!!!!!
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CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!!
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LAALWKAJSJSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
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Psshhh, I’m always a fan of movies about eating people. This isn’t on Netflix, so I’ll search it out and see it eventually. Jeremy Davies is the guy from Solaris and Lost, isn’t he?
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I’ve never seen either of those!!! Well, a few episodes of Lost before me and the missuz abandoned hope on that show…
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How far in did you get?
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Oh, I think four eps, maybe five…
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Jeez. You would have sawed off your limbs if you got to season 5.
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I have watched this film a few times over the years and its very underrated, in my opinion. It never fails to make me feel sick after watching. Terrific performances all around. Nice write-up!
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Thank you sir!!! This movie is all kinds of good!
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I really enjoyed this film, lots of dark humour and great acting.
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Yep!! It was a good one!! Thanks for the comment!!
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Adding this to my watch list, if anything it looks to be unusual.
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This is a pretty good one!
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Certainly looks very edgy and strange.
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