{"id":399,"date":"2007-04-26T22:26:26","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T22:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/26\/canine-hell-in-the-breed\/"},"modified":"2015-03-09T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T16:30:56","slug":"canine-hell-in-the-breed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"FILM REVIEW: Michelle Rodriguez in ‘The Breed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

Michelle Rodriguez (pictured), whose treacherous ex-police officer was one of the more memorable feature roles on TV’s “Lost,” first attracted attention in “Fast and the Furious” in 2001.<\/p>\n

She’s in Stuart Townsend’s political drama “Battle in Seattle” starring Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson due in December. Meanwhile, there’s a potboiler thriller, “The Breed,” released in U.K. theatres Friday and on DVD in the United States on May 22.<\/p>\n

She’s pretty good in what is a throwaway thriller. Here’s how my Hollywood Reporter review begins:<\/p>\n

LONDON — There are lots of dogs in “The Breed.” They snarl, jump, bark, bite and rip people to pieces. But they sure can’t run.<\/p>\n

When five very mature American college students arrive on a deserted island for a party weekend only to land in canine hell, they’re outnumbered and outsmarted by rabid four-legged beasts but any time they have to run for cover, by golly they make it.<\/p>\n

“The Breed” is a bog standard date thriller with run-of-the-mill thrills created by jump cuts usually involving the sudden appearance of a highly excited hound seeking human flesh to chow down on.<\/p>\n

The result is predictable but efficient with mundane dialog required to fill in the blanks and whenever possible make mention of other famous dogs including Lassie, Old Yeller and Cujo.<\/p>\n

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