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The premise is funny enough in an endearingly stupid kind of way - although it's taken from an episode of the Simpsons: I can't remember the title but I guarantee you the scriptwriter of Black Sheep does; special effects courtesy of WETA Worskshop are amusingly over-the-top; there are a few chuckles here and there. But that's the extent of Black Sheep's achievements.
Henry (Nathan Meister) comes back to his native farm in New Zealand to find his brother (Peter Feeney) practicing horrific experiments. A flock of murderous sheep is on the loose...
Among the cast the stand-out is Danielle Mason: she is cute, funny and easily walks away with the movie. She looks a bit like a younger Naomi Watts, and her comedic timing is surprisingly good. A quick look at her IMDb page shows she has been in The Desolation of Smaug... as Galadriel's "picture double". Come on, give this girl more to do. She's a firecracker.
Apart for her, Black Sheep lacks... well, a bit of everything. Horror is gory but never scary; comedy is droll but never hilarious. For long bits we are just supposed to laugh at the sight of the killer sheep - the kind of one-joke concept which quickly wears thin.
Color me sheepishly disappointed.
5/10
score 5/10
petra_ste 26 September 2008
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27-3-2021 12:07:14