Description At a rural bar, a motley bunch of patrons struggle to survive a ravenous family of flying beasts bent on devouring every last one of them.
Amazon.com In need of some good old-fashioned gore? You'll find it by the bucketload in the low-budget monsterfest Feast, which arrives on DVD in an even bloodier unrated edition. The winning entry in the third season of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's reality series/talent contest Project Greenlight (Wes Craven is also on board as an advisor/producer), Feast is a wall-to-wall splatterthon that operates on an agreeably simple premise: A crew of motley characters is trapped in a remote location (in this case, a desert bar) by ravenous, flesh-eating monsters (here, a quartet of toothy and astoundingly fecund humanoids). The result? Lots of gruesome deaths and plenty of manic action, delivered with kinetic style by first-time feature director John Gulager. Not everything about Feast works--Gulager's drive is thwarted by the unfocused script, which favors smarmy dialogue over substance--but the effects are impressive, given the film's price tag, and the cast is incredibly game for the gory goings-on, with Krista Allen (Entourage), Judah Friedlander (30 Rock), Balthazar Getty (Alias), and Gulager's father, veteran actor Clu Gulager, among the stand-outs. The DVD includes a smattering of outtakes and deleted scenes (including an alternate ending); commentary by Gulager, the screenwriters, and two of the film's numerous producers; and a making-of featurette, which Project Greenlight viewers should find interesting solely for producers Chris Moore and Michael Leahy's attitudes towards Gulager (both were a hair's breath away from firing him throughout the production, but here, amusingly suggest unconditional support). -- Paul Gaita
Decent, Old-fashioned Horror Film
"Feast" is a B-action/horror movie and it certainly knows the rules of the genre it belongs to. Body counts here are larger than most films of that ilk and in fact the film gives us plenty of gores and deaths, plus occasional humors.
The film's story (which is very thin) is already familiar to most of us, especially fans of Robert Rodriguez films. Patrons are trapped in a bar located somewhere in a remote place in Texas, and they are attacked by some terrifying creatures. In "Feast" we don't know much about these creatures (actually we cannot see them clearly throughout the film) and perhaps we don't have to. The film is about unfortunate humans who deliver intentionally corny lines before they get killed, or in short, how they die, or survive.
The problem for me is, "Feast" suffers from its quick editing and jerky camera, which lessens the impact of each killing. Also, the film has more characters (and victims) than most of other horror films and all of them are introduced with profiles including their supposed "life expectancy." Some of the viewers would find them funny, but I found them a bit repetitious, as well as some of other jokes in the film.
I enjoyed watching the film and I think filmmakers including first-time director John Gulager did a decent job within the limited budget. It is fun, but with a tighter script, better camera and more original ideas, "Feast" could have been a more thrilling ride.
A surprise hit
This is one of the very few movies that exceeded my expectation. I expected to be "OK". However, the movie was excellent, great characters with a perfect cast. I was at the edge of my seat, and at the same time, i had a few good laughs. The audio transfer was better then expected with True Dolby Digital option. The video transfer was decent, but far from perfect. Over all, a must have HD DVD.
Third time the charm.
Not too bad. Finally Project Greenlight turns out a somewhat worthy product. The third time was the charm.
Delivers what it advertises.
You aren't going to get a plot and really in-depth characters, but you'll get some blood and guts mixed in with a few one liners. This kind of reminded me of the new Rambo movie only with aliens and not vietnamese kidnappers. Actually Rambo was better, but this was good if you aren't expecting a deep movie.
Seen it all before
Is this a bad re-make of "Demon Knight" or what? For those of you who haven't seen Tales from the Crypt Presents-Demon Knight, I strongly suggest you view that INSTEAD of this bad imitation!!